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title: "Benzi Meaning: 本子 (běnzi) Means “notebook”"
description: "本子 (běnzi) means “notebook”. Hear its tones, see what 本 and 子 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benzi"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 本子 mean?

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本子 běnzi

## notebook

## It can also mean

- (slang) doujinshi; fan comic

## Its characters

1. 本 běn book
2. 子 zi (suffix) noun suffix (as in 桌子)

## In a sentence

我把电话写在本子上了。 I wrote the phone number in my notebook.

**本子**上写了很多中文。

From [我很忙 · How to say I’m busy in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-im-busy-in-chinese#library-word-136-138)

[More about 本子](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%AC%E5%AD%90)

## More words with 本 or 子

- [版本 bǎnběn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/banben)
- [包子 bāozi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baozi)
- [被子 bèizi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/beizi)
- [本地 běndì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bendi)
- [本科 běnkē](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benke)
- [本来 běnlái](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benlai)
- [本领 běnlǐng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benling)
- [本能 běnnéng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benneng)
- [本钱 běnqián](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benqian)
- [本人 běnrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benren)

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