# 本身 (běnshēn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 本身 (běnshēn) means “itself; in itself”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: itself; in itself
- Pinyin: běnshēn (ben3 shen1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这项任务本身其实并不复杂。
  Zhè xiàng rènwu běnshēn qíshí bìng bù fùzá.
  The task itself is actually not complicated.

## Characters

- [本](https://hanziro.com/word/ben-books/) (běn): (measure word) for books
- 身 (shēn): body; life

https://hanziro.com/word/ben-shen-itself/

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