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
anagram		子本

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

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1. book
2. notebook (book in which notes are written)
3. edition (of a book)
4. papers
5. (colloquial) driver's license
6. tree trunk
7. (derogatory, slang, Mainland China) Jap
8. (ACG, neologism) doujinshi, especially ones that contain pornography

Synonyms

• (book):

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• 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)

 

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