# 本意 (běnyì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 本意 (běnyì) means “original intention; real meaning”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: original intention; real meaning
- Pinyin: běnyì (ben3 yi4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我的本意只是想帮你。
  Wǒ de běnyì zhǐshì xiǎng bāng nǐ.
  My original intention was just to help you.

## Characters

- [本](https://hanziro.com/word/ben-books/) (běn): (measure word) for books
- 意 (yì): idea; thought; meaning; sense; intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind

https://hanziro.com/word/ben-yi-original-intention/

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