HSK 4 HSK V3
Correct

本来

/ běn lái  /
Strokes

Collocation

1
本来的样子
2
本来的颜色
3
本来的打算
4
本来的意思
5
本来不想去

Definition

本来 :originally; original

Example

“本来” means “at first ”, or “before”.It is used as an adverbial and may be placed before the subject.
1
běnlái
本来
jiù
suàn
打算
xué
hàn
汉语
  
,
suǒ
所以
zhōngxué
中学
毕业
hòu
kǎo
le
xué
大学
de
zhōngwén
中文系
  

I was going to learn Chinese, so I went to the university's Chinese department after high school.

2
Běnlái
本来
men
我们
liǎ
shuí
rènshi
认识
shuí
  
,
lái
běijīng
北京
hòu
以后
cái
rènshi
认识
de
  

Originally, neither of us knew anyone, came to Beijing only to know.

3
Běnlái
本来
men
我们
yào
chū
出去
de
  
,
shì
可是
rán
突然
xià
下雨
le
  
,
jiù
méi
chū
出去
  

We were going out, but suddenly it rained and we didn't go out.

It also means that sometimes should be so according to common sense.
4
Zài
gōnggòngchǎngsuǒ
公共场所
běnlái
本来
jiù
yīnggāi
应该
chōuyān
抽烟
  
,
nándào
难道
hái
yòng
shuō
ma
  
?

You shouldn't smoke in a public place, shouldn't You say it?

5
Jīntiān
今天
shì
xīng
星期一
  
,
běnlái
本来
jiù
yīnggāi
应该
shàng
上课
  

Today is Monday, should have been in class.

6
Běnlái
本来
ma
  
,
xué
学习
wài
外语
  
,
shuí
néng
chūcuò
出错
ne
  
?

Originally, learning a foreign language, who can not make mistakes?

As an attributive:
7
Zhè
shì
tóufa
头发
běnlái
本来
de
yán
颜色
  

This is the original color of my hair.

8
háishi
还是
huan
喜欢
běnlái
本来
de
yàngzi
样子
  

I still like her as she is.