本命

本命

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	life; fate
simp. and trad. (本命)		本	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: běnmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenminq
    • IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ⁵¹/

Noun

本命

1. the heavenly stem and earthly branch associated with a person's birth year
2. Short for 本命年 (běnmìngnián, “zodiac year”).

Derived terms

本命年 (běnmìngnián) 本命日

本命星 本命辰

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese.

Noun

本命

1. (ACG) most expected candidate

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Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
本	命
Grade: 1	Grade: 3

• IPA^(key): [hõ̞mʲːo̞ː]

• IPA^(key): [hõ̞mːe̞ː]

Noun

本命 (hiragana ほんみょう, rōmaji honmyō)

本命 (hiragana ほんめい, rōmaji honmei)

1. the heavenly stem and earthly branch of a person's birth year

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
本	命
Grade: 1	Grade: 3

• IPA^(key): [hõ̞mːe̞ː]

Noun

本命 (hiragana ほんめい, rōmaji honmei)

1. expected winner
2. most desired, favorite

Derived terms

• 本 (ほん)命 (めい)チョコ (honmei choko)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
本	命

Noun

本命 • (bonmyeong) (hangeul 본명)

1. Hanja form^? of 본명 (“the heavenly stem and earthly branch of a person's birth year”).