# 本来 (běnlái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 本来 (běnlái) means “originally; at first”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: originally; at first
- Pinyin: běnlái (ben3 lai2)
- Traditional: 本來
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 我本来打算今天去图书馆。
  Wǒ běnlái dǎsuàn jīntiān qù túshūguǎn.
  I originally planned to go to the library today.

## Characters

- [本](https://hanziro.com/word/ben-books/) (běn): (measure word) for books
- [来](https://hanziro.com/word/lai-come/) (lái): to come

https://hanziro.com/word/ben-lai-originally/

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