本子

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (本子)		本	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: běn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: been.tzy
    • Palladius: бэньцзы (bɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bun² zi²
    • Yale: bún jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 本子 本旨

Noun

本子

1. book
2. notebook (book in which notes are written)
3. edition (work published by a certain editor or in a certain manner)
4. (colloquial) identification; identity document; credential; papers; ID card
5. (derogatory, slang, Mainland China) Jap
6. (ACG, neologism) doujinshi (especially pornographic)
7. (literary) tree trunk

   • 他想著：「大樹本子上，有幾個䩐靼，好借腳力。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     他想着：「大树本子上，有几个䩐靼，好借脚力。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Feng Menglong, Stories Old and New, 1620 CE

     Tā xiǎngzhe: “Dàshù běnzi shàng, yǒu jǐge gēda, hǎo jiè jiǎolì.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (book):

• 冊／册 (cè) (as a classifier, or Classical Chinese)
• 冊子／册子 (cèzi)
• 卷 (juàn)
• 圖書／图书 (túshū) (as a collective term)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
• 文曲 (wénqǔ) (Classical Chinese)
• 文章 (wénzhāng)
• 書／书 (shū)
• 書冊／书册 (shūcè) (dated or Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)
• 書卷／书卷 (shūjuàn)
• 書本／书本 (shūběn) (as a collective term)
• 書籍／书籍 (shūjí) (as a collective term)
• 本 (běn) (as a classifier)
• 本本 (běnběn) (informal, diminutive)
• 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
• 簿 (bù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 籍 (jí) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 經籍／经籍 (jīngjí)
• 著 (zhù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 藝文／艺文 (yìwén)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 本子 (“notebook”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		本子
Mandarin	Beijing	本兒
	Jinan	本子
	Xi'an	本子, 本本兒
	Wuhan	本子
	Chengdu	本子, 本本兒
	Yangzhou	本子, 簿子
	Hefei	本子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簿
	Hong Kong	簿
	Yangjiang	簿
Hakka	Meixian	簿仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	簿仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	簿仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	簿仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	簿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	簿仔, 簿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	簿子
Jin	Taiyuan	本子, 本本
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簿仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簿簿
Southern Min	Xiamen	簿仔
	Quanzhou	簿仔
	Zhangzhou	簿仔
	Chaozhou	簿
Wu	Suzhou	簿子
	Wenzhou	簿兒
	Changshan	本子, 簿子
Xiang	Changsha	本子, 簿子
	Shuangfeng	本子, 簿子

• (edition):

• 版本 (bǎnběn)

 

• (identification): 證件／证件 (zhèngjiàn)
• (Jap):

• 倭人 (wōrén) (literary)
• 倭夷 (literary)
• 倭奴 (pejorative)
• 倭子 (literary)
• 倭寇 (wōkòu) (pejorative)
• 日人 (Rìrén) (literary)
• 日本人 (rìběnrén)
• 日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi) (pejorative)
• 東洋人／东洋人 (dōngyángrén) (dated)
• 東洋鬼子／东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi) (pejorative)
• 東瀛人／东瀛人 (dōngyíngrén) (literary)
• 霓虹金 (níhóngjīn) (Internet slang)

 

Descendants

• → Guiqiong: pɛntsi (“notebook”)