本日

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (本日)		本	日
anagram		日本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnrìh
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-jih⁴
    • Yale: běn-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenryh
    • Palladius: бэньжи (bɛnʹži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² jat⁶
    • Yale: bún yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ jɐt̚²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 本日

1. (literary) today; this day

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	日
ほん Grade: 1	じつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Adverb

本(ほん)日(じつ) • (honjitsu) 

1. (formal) today, this day

Noun

本(ほん)日(じつ) • (honjitsu) 

1. (formal) today, this day

Synonyms

• (today): 今日(きょう) (kyō)