本錢

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	coin; money
trad. (本錢)		本	錢
simp. (本钱)		本	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² cin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běncián
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-chʻien²
    • Yale: běn-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenchyan
    • Palladius: бэньцянь (bɛnʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² cin⁴
    • Yale: bún chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pún-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwncvii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 本錢

1. capital; funds; wealth
2. position
3. one's experience and skills in a particular field

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Korean

Hanja in this term
本	錢

Noun

本錢 • (bonjeon) (hangeul 본전)

1. hanja form^? of 본전 (“???”)