本源

本源

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	root; source; origin
simp. and trad. (本源)		本	源
anagram		源本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-ngièn / pún-ngiàn
• Min Nan (POJ): pún-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: běnyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² jyun⁴
    • Yale: bún yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² yun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun<sup>3</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup>
    • IPA: /pun³¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ ngian²
    • IPA: /pun³¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-goân
    • Tâi-lô: pún-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ guan²³/

Noun

本源

1. origin, source

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	源
ほん Grade: 1	げん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

本源 (hiragana ほんげん, rōmaji hongen)

1. origin; root
2. cause