本金

běnjīn
  1. capital
  2. principal

CEDICT

capital; principal

Wiktionary

  1. 借給他人以收取利息的母金。
  2. 經營事業所投下的資本。

重編國語辭典

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 金 jīn
  1. gold
  2. chemical element Au
  3. generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
  4. money
  5. golden
  6. highly respected
  7. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn

Related entries

京都 jīngdū capital (of a country)
京都值得游览。

Kyoto is worth visiting.

Source: Tatoeba

本錢 běnqián
  1. capital
  2. (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
柱頭 zhùtóu
  1. (architecture) capital
  2. column head
  3. (botany) stigma
櫨 lú
  1. capital (of column)
  2. smoke tree
老本 lǎoběn
  1. capital
  2. assets
  3. savings
  4. nest egg
  5. (fig.) reputation
  6. laurels (to rest upon)
  7. old edition of a book
  8. (tree) trunk
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