本願

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
trad. (本願)		本	願
simp. (本愿)		本	愿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-yüan⁴
    • Yale: běn-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenyuann
    • Palladius: бэньюань (bɛnʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² jyun⁶
    • Yale: bún yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ jyːn²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 本願

1. original intention; original wish

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

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• 初心 (chūxīn)
• 初意 (chūyì) (literary)
• 初衷 (chūzhōng)
• 初願／初愿 (chūyuàn)
• 宿心 (sùxīn) (literary)
• 本心 (běnxīn)
• 本志 (běnzhì) (literary)
• 本意 (běnyì)
• 素心 (sùxīn) (literary)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	願
ほん Grade: 1	がん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

本(ほん)願(がん) • (hongan) 

1. Amida Buddha's original vow
2. long-awaited desire

Related terms

• 本懐(ほんかい) (honkai)
• 他力本願(たりきほんがん) (tarikihongan)