# 本质 (běnzhì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 本质 (běnzhì) means “essence; nature; innate quality”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: essence; nature; innate quality
- Pinyin: běnzhì (ben3 zhi4)
- Traditional: 本質
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我们要看清问题的本质。
  Wǒmen yào kànqīng wèntí de běnzhì.
  We need to see the essence of the problem clearly.

## Characters

- [本](https://hanziro.com/word/ben-books/) (běn): (measure word) for books
- 质 (zhì): character; nature

https://hanziro.com/word/ben-zhi-essence/

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