Hanziro

All HSK 3.0 Level 3 words

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

  1. originally
  2. at first

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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.

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