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Jyutping bun2 zi3
Pinyin běn zhì

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    one's original intention
    (syn.) 初意, 宿心, 本心, 初愿, 素心, 本願, 初心, 本意, 初衷, 初願, 本愿
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    本志同人本来无罪,只因为拥护那德莫克拉西(democracy)和赛因斯(science)两位先生,才犯了这几条滔天的大罪。
    本志同人本來無罪,只因為擁護那德莫克拉西(democracy)和賽因斯(science)兩位先生,才犯了這幾條滔天的大罪。
    běn zhì tóng rén běn lái wú zuì , zhǐ yīn wèi yōng hù nà dé mò kè lā xī ( democracy ) hé sài yīn sī ( science ) liǎng wèi xiān shēng , cái fàn le zhè jǐ tiáo tāo tiān de dà zuì .
    • The fellow workers of this magazine originally weren't guilty; it was only their support to Mr. Democracy to Mr. Science that led to their heinous crimes.