本兒

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	diminutive suffix
trad. (本兒)		本	兒
simp. (本儿)		本	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnr

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnr
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-ʼrh
    • Yale: běnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beel
    • Palladius: бэньр (bɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pəɻ²¹⁴/

Noun

本兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 本 (běn, “capital; principal”).

   Synonyms: 本錢／本钱 (běnqián), 本金 (běnjīn)

   下本兒／下本儿  ―  xiàběnr  ―  to invest

   夠本兒／够本儿  ―  gòuběnr  ―  to gain enough to cover the cost

   賠本兒／赔本儿  ―  péiběnr  ―  to sustain losses in business

   老本兒／老本儿  ―  lǎoběnr  ―  capital; principal; [figuratively] reputation; merit

2. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 本 (běn, “book”).

   書本兒／书本儿  ―  shūběnr  ―  book

   賬本兒／账本儿  ―  zhàngběnr  ―  account book

3. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 本 (běn, “script”).

Synonyms

• (book):

Dialectal synonyms of 本子 (“notebook”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		本子
Mandarin	Beijing	本兒
	Jinan	本子
	Xi'an	本子, 本本兒
	Wuhan	本子
	Chengdu	本子, 本本兒
	Yangzhou	本子, 簿子
	Hefei	本子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簿
	Hong Kong	簿
	Yangjiang	簿
Hakka	Meixian	簿仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	簿仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	簿仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	簿仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	簿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	簿仔, 簿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	簿子
Jin	Taiyuan	本子, 本本
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簿仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簿簿
Southern Min	Xiamen	簿仔
	Quanzhou	簿仔
	Zhangzhou	簿仔
	Chaozhou	簿
Wu	Suzhou	簿子
	Wenzhou	簿兒
	Changshan	本子, 簿子
Xiang	Changsha	本子, 簿子
	Shuangfeng	本子, 簿子

Derived terms

• 下本兒／下本儿 (xiàběnr)
• 書本兒／书本儿 (shūběnr)
• 賬本兒／账本儿
• 車本兒／车本儿 (chēběnr)

 

Classifier

本兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 本 (běn, “Classifier for books, plays, films, etc..”).

   兩本兒賬／两本儿账  ―  liǎng běnr zhàng  ―  two account books