本钱

本錢
běnqián
  1. capital
  2. (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)

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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 钱 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 liǎng

classifier: 筆