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日本
rìběn
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English DefinitionJapan
Simplified Script日本
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinrìběn
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)jat6bun2
Part of Speech(专有名) proper noun
Topical Word Lists
Part of geography/world/countries/Asia
Proficiency Test LevelTOCFL=1
Word Decomposition
sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本, Japan
běnroot; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; measure word for books, periodicals, files etc

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
日子rìziday; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
日记rìjìdiary
日出rìchūsunrise
日常rìchángdaily; everyday
日后rìhòusometime; someday (in the future)
Words With Same Tail Word    
课本kèběntextbook
基本jīběnbasic; fundamental; main; elementary
剧本jùběnscript for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario
根本gēnběnfundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
成本chéngběn(manufacturing, production etc) costs
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