本初

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
simp. and trad. (本初)		本	初

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² co¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnchu
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-chʻu¹
    • Yale: běn-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenchu
    • Palladius: бэньчу (bɛnʹču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² co¹
    • Yale: bún chō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tso¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² co¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

本初

1. (literary) original; beginning

Derived terms

• 本初子午線／本初子午线 (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn)