了本

了本

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (了本)		了	本

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): liáu-pún / liáu-pńg

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-pún
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'puon
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /liaʊ⁵³⁻²⁴ pun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-pńg
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-pńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'pngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

了本

1. (Min Nan) to lose money; to make a loss

Synonyms

• 虧本／亏本 (kuīběn)
• 賠本／赔本 (péiběn)
• 折本 (shéběn)
• 蝕本／蚀本 (shíběn)
• (Min Nan) 了錢／了钱, 倒貼／倒贴 (dàotiē), 塌本, 了去