原本, yuánběn
Meaning: originally, at first
HSK 6 word
Example
我原本想去北京，后来去了上海。
Wǒ yuánběn xiǎng qù Běijīng, hòulái qùle Shànghǎi.
I originally wanted to go to Beijing, but I went to Shanghai in the end.
More HSK 6 words
- 日益rìyìincreasingly, day by day
- 一向yíxiàngalways, all along
- 一贯yíguànconsistent, always
- 一时yìshía short while, for the moment, momentarily
- 原先yuánxiānformerly, originally
- 眼看yǎnkànsoon, in a moment, to watch helplessly
- 接连jiēliánin a row, one after another
- 赶忙gǎnmánghurriedly, quickly
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