Emily is a well-known actress in her own country.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
本国
one's own country
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
one's own country
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 本国 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 本国 appears in 9 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Of these, Taoism is a native religion, the others having been introduced from foreign lands.
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 本国.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 本国.
Directly before
- 是本国2
- 为了本国1
- 其本国1
- 在本国1
- 了解本国1
Directly after
- 本国的4
- 本国所1
- 本国人1
- 本国边缘1
- 本国鸟类1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 本国
What does 本国 mean in Chinese?
本国 (běnguó) means one's own country.
How do you pronounce 本国?
本国 is pronounced běnguó.
Is 本国 an HSK word?
本国 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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