本底

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (本底)		本	底
simp. #(本底)		本	底
anagram		底本

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běndǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běndǐ [Phonetic: béndǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běndǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-ti³
    • Yale: běn-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beendii
    • Palladius: бэньди (bɛnʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² dai²
    • Yale: bún dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

本底

1. (physics) background

Pronunciation 2

• Eastern Min (BUC): buōng-diē
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-tóe / pún-té

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buōng-diē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ³³⁻³⁵ ^(t-)nie³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-tóe
    • Tâi-lô: pún-tué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwndoea
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-té
    • Tâi-lô: pún-té
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwndea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/

Adverb

本底

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Eastern Min) originally

Synonyms

• 一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
• 上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
• 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
• 先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
• 先頭／先头 (Wu)
• 最初 (zuìchū)
• 初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
• 原 (yuán)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 原先 (yuánxiān)
• 原初 (yuánchū)
• 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
• 原旦 (Hakka)
• 原本 (yuánběn)
• 原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
• 在本 (Hokkien)
• 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
• 寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
• 就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
• 本來／本来 (běnlái)
• 本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
• 本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
• 本成 (Hokkien)
• 本然 (Hokkien)
• 本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
• 當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自本 (Hokkien)
• 舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
• 起先 (qǐxiān)
• 起初 (qǐchū)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
• 開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
• 開初／开初 (kāichū)
• 頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
• 頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
• 頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)