本质

本質
běnzhì
  1. essence
  2. nature
  3. innate character
  4. intrinsic quality

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 本 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
2 质 zhì
  1. character
  2. nature
  3. quality
  4. plain
  5. to pawn
  6. pledge
  7. hostage
  8. to question
  9. Taiwan pr. zhí