本书

book

→ 本
phrase Very common #732
book 本 is the measure word used with books; the words before it indicate which book or how many.
CH: 这本书很有趣。
EN: This book is interesting.

到底有多少本书?

How many books are there exactly?

我昨天买了好几本书。

I bought several books yesterday.

但现在我想写本书……一本真正的书

But now I want to write a book… a real book.

— 两生花 (1991)

汤姆写了几本书。

Tom has written several books.

我每个月买五本书

I buy five books every month.

世界是本书,不旅游的人只看了一页。

The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.

书架上有几本书。

There are several books on the bookshelf.

书桌上有几本书。

There are several books on the desk.

我至少有十本书。

I have at least ten books.

小托尼给我们社区捐了一千本书

Little Tony donated 1,000 books to our community.

— 巴克劳 (2019)

她已经写了几本书。

She has already written several books.

桌子上有本书。

There is a book on the table.

十万本书里,凡是不属于小说的,都教你怎么做事。

Out of a hundred thousand books, every one that isn’t a novel teaches you how to do something.

三个月后,我们出版了第二本书。

Three months later, we published our second book.

他有一千多本书。

He has more than a thousand books.

父亲给我买了本书。

My father bought me a book.

你有几本书?

How many books do you have?

拿本书读!

Grab a book and read!

我从英国订了好几本书。

I ordered several books from the UK.