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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnyuán
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-yüan²
    • Yale: běn-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenyuan
    • Palladius: бэньюань (bɛnʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² jyun⁴
    • Yale: bún yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² yun⁴
    • Sinological 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>
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-goân
    • Tâi-lô: pún-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/

Noun

本源

1. origin; source

Synonyms

• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 出處／出处 (chūchù)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
• 根 (gēn)
• 根本 (gēnběn)
• 根源 (gēnyuán)
• 根頭／根头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 泉源 (quányuán)
• 淵源／渊源 (yuānyuán)
• 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
• 源頭／源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 由來／由来 (yóulái)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)

 

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほんげ​ん [hòńgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) ほんげん [hòńgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

本(ほん)源(げん) • (hongen) 

1. origin; root

   Synonyms: 大本, 源, 根源, 根本

2. cause