In formal written Chinese, root本 means "this (very) / one's own" — always the speaker's own side. It pairs with single-syllable nouns (person人, (bound form) school校, market市, country国, week周, moon月, grain年, next in sequence次) and a few two-syllable ones (company公司, to organize组织). I本人 = "I, myself" (common on résumés).
Struktur: 本 + Noun
customer-first顾客至上is是our本company's公司的ethos理念。
"Customer first" is our company's ethos.
this本school校doesn't不allow允许outside外校students学生to freely随便come and go进出。
This school doesn't allow outside students to come and go freely.
Remember: root本 = "this very / our own (side)" — the voice of notices and officialese: root本company公司 ("our company"), 本校 ("this school"), I本人 ("I, myself"). It always speaks from the in-group.
Hati-hati
- It's self-referential and formal — for a plain "this," use this这.