大本

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	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. (大本)		大	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-pún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàběn
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pên³
    • Yale: dà-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbeen
    • Palladius: дабэнь (dabɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàběnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàběnr
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pên³-ʼrh
    • Yale: dà-běnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbeel
    • Palladius: дабэньр (dabɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ bun²
    • Yale: daaih bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² puːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-pún
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxpuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² pun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ pun⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 大本

1. (literary) foundation; basis
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大本 (dàběn); 大 (“big”) + 本 (“notebook”)
3. Short for 大學本科／大学本科 (dàxué běnkē, “bachelor's degree at a university”).

Antonyms

• (bachelor's degree): 大專／大专 (dàzhuān)