本
Pinyin: běn
measure word for books
Example sentence
我有三本书。
Wǒ yǒu sān běn shū.
I have three books.
What 本 means
本 (běn) is a Chinese word meaning “measure word for books”. It belongs to the Things & Animals topic and appears at HSK 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.