| 本 |
běn zú yǔ | native language / mother tongue |
| 本 |
běn | (bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 族 |
zú | race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 语 |
yǔ | dialect / language / speech |
| 语 |
yù | (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know |