母本

母本

Chinese

		female; mother	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. (母本)		母	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ bun²
• Min Nan (POJ): bú-pún / bú-pńg / bó-pún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔběn [Phonetic: múběn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔběn
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-pên³
    • Yale: mǔ-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muubeen
    • Palladius: мубэнь (mubɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ bun²
    • Yale: móuh bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ puːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-pún
    • Tâi-lô: bú-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'puon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-pńg
    • Tâi-lô: bú-pńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'pngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-pún
    • Tâi-lô: bó-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boy'puon
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/

Noun

母本

1. (biology) female parent (in hybridisation)
2. (Min Nan) capital; funds; wealth

Synonyms

• (female parent): (Min Nan) 母欉
• (capital): 本錢／本钱 (běnqián); (Min Nan) 母錢／母钱, 母金