熊本

Chinese

		bear; to scold; to rebuke	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (熊本)		熊	本
simp. #(熊本)		熊	本

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 熊本(くまもと) (Kumamoto).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xióngběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ bun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hîm-pún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xióngběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syóngběn
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiung²-pên³
    • Yale: Syúng-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyongbeen
    • Palladius: Сюнбэнь (Sjunbɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ bun²
    • Yale: hùhng bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ puːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hîm-pún
    • Tâi-lô: Hîm-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: himpuon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /him²³⁻³³ pun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /him²⁴⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/

Proper noun

熊本

1. (～縣) Kumamoto (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
2. (～市) Kumamoto (the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
熊	本
くま Grade: 4	もと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くまもと [kùmámótó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝma̠mo̞to̞]

Proper noun

熊(くま)本(もと) • (Kumamoto) 

1. Kumamoto (the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)
2. Kumamoto (a prefecture in southwestern Kyushu, Japan)
3. a surname