本家

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (本家)		本	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-kâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-ke / pún-ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnjia
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-chia¹
    • Yale: běn-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenjia
    • Palladius: бэньцзя (bɛnʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² gaa¹
    • Yale: bún gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ ka²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-ke / pún-ka
    • Tâi-lô: pún-ke / pún-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnkef, pwnkaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/, /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/

Noun

本家

1. member of the same clan
2. distant relative with the same family name

Synonyms

• (member of the same clan): (literary) 戶家／户家 (hùjiā), 同族 (tóngzú), (literary) 族類／族类 (zúlèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (本家):

• → Japanese: 本(ほん)家(け) (honke)
• → Korean: 본가(本家) (bon'ga)

See also

• Not to be confused with 本家兒／本家儿 (běnjiār).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	家
ほん Grade: 1	け Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほ​んけ [hóꜜǹkè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ŋke̞]

Noun

本(ほん)家(け) • (honke) 

1. main home; birthplace
2. (by extension) original; origin

Synonyms

• 本(ほん)家(け)本元(ほんもと) (honke honmoto)