本位

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (本位)		本	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-vi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnwèi
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-wei⁴
    • Yale: běn-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenwey
    • Palladius: бэньвэй (bɛnʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² wai⁶
    • Yale: bún waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ vi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: pún-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 本位

1. (numismatics) monetary standard
2. one's own department or post
3. (literary) self; oneself