張本

Chinese

		(a measure word); surname; open up	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (張本)		張	本
simp. (张本)		张	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāngběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ bun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāngběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhangběn
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹-pên³
    • Yale: jāng-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangbeen
    • Palladius: чжанбэнь (čžanbɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ bun²
    • Yale: jēung bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ puːn³⁵/

Noun

張本

1. (literary) foreshadowing; hints
2. (literary) arrangements made in advance
3. (literary) reason; cause
4. (literary) basis; proof (for an argument, theory, etc.); foundation

Synonyms

• (foreshadowing): 伏筆／伏笔 (fúbǐ)
• (reason):

• 來由／来由 (láiyóu)
• 原因 (yuányīn)
• 因由 (yīnyóu)
• 因端 (Hokkien)
• 因致端 (Hokkien)
• 基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
• 成因 (chéngyīn)
• 所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
• 根由 (gēnyóu)
• 理由 (lǐyóu)
• 緣故／缘故 (yuángù)
• 緣由／缘由 (yuányóu)
• 緣起／缘起 (yuánqǐ)
• 肇因 (zhàoyīn)
• 言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
• 起因 (qǐyīn)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 關係／关系

 

• (basis):

• 依據／依据 (yījù)
• 憑準／凭准 (Hokkien, or literary)
• 根據／根据 (gēnjù)

 

Verb

張本

1. (literary) to originate; to come from

Synonyms

• 來源／来源 (láiyuán)
• 來自／来自 (láizì)
• 出乎 (chūhū)
• 出於／出于 (chūyú)
• 出自 (chūzì)
• 嚟自 (lei⁴ zi⁶) (Cantonese)
• 導源／导源 (dǎoyuán)
• 源於／源于 (yuányú)
• 源自 (yuánzì)
• 濫觴／滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
• 發源／发源 (fāyuán) (figurative)
• 發脈／发脉 (fa⁶ me⁶) (Xiang)
• 起源 (qǐyuán)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
張	本
ちょう Grade: 5	ほん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょーほん [chòóhóń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ちょ​ーほん [chóꜜòhòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːhõ̞ɴ]

Noun

張(ちょう)本(ほん) • (chōhon) 

1. cause of an incident, usually a crime
2. ringleader, culprit, perpetrator

   Synonym: 首謀者

Derived terms

• 張本人(ちょうほんにん) (chōhonnin)