Characters
- 本 (本): (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 来 (來): to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
Resources
- Wiktionary: 本来
- MDBG: 本来
- Examples with 本来 on Tatoeba
Examples
我本来很想走走，但是天太热了。
我本来应该读一下这本书。
我本来想给她打电话的，结果忘了。
我本来预备今天去海滩的，但接着天就开始下雨了。
您本来想写什么著名歌曲？为什么？