粵

本bun2身san1

bun2 san1běn shēn

English

  1. itself
  2. in itself
  3. per se
  4. oneself; itself; per se; used to reflect the preceding noun or personal pronoun
  5. originally; in a prior state
  6. essentially; fundamentally; intrinsically; inherently

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 有「自己」嘅意思,通常用嚟複指前面嘅名詞或者人稱代詞
  2. 一開始、最初嗰陣;用嚟指出喺比較早期就已經發生嘅情況
  3. 表示一種內在品質

Examples

  • 月亮本身唔識發光㗎。

    The moon doesn't have light of its own.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 「Löyly」呢個字本身係「靈魂」咁解。

    Originally, the word "löyly" meant soul.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 彈弓可以用嚟令到一個構件唔會偏離本身位置太多或者吊住某啲構件。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 一架車嘅偈:車係一種常見嘅機械,而一架車本身又由多部機械組成埋嘅。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 解構嘅想法係指解構嘅想法本身亦都係不斷被解構,而且總係獲得新嘅意義。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 句句子本身唔差,但係母語人士唔會噉講自己。 所以,我覺得噉樣寫會好啲。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我阿爸本身有高血壓。

    My father has had high blood pressure for some time. ----

  • 富足並唔在於數量嘅本身。

    Abundance does not lie in the amount per se.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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