# 成本 (chéngběn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 成本 (chéngběn) means “cost (of production)”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: cost (of production)
- Pinyin: chéngběn (cheng2 ben3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 工厂正在想办法降低成本。
  Gōngchǎng zhèngzài xiǎng bànfǎ jiàngdī chéngběn.
  The factory is looking for ways to reduce production costs.

## Characters

- [成](https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-become/) (chéng): to become; to succeed
- [本](https://hanziro.com/word/ben-books/) (běn): (measure word) for books

https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-ben-cost/

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