本名

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (本名)		本	名
simp. #(本名)		本	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnmíng
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-ming²
    • Yale: běn-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenming
    • Palladius: бэньмин (bɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² ming⁴
    • Yale: bún mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: pún-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnmiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miã²³/

Noun

本名

1. birth name; real name; original name; given name
2. first name

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
本	名
ほん Grade: 1	みょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

本(ほん)名(みょう) • (honmyō) ^{←ほんみやう (fonmyau)?}

1. real name

Usage notes

• Refers to the name recorded in the koseki (戸籍), and is not necessarily one's birth name.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
本	名
ほん Grade: 1	めい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

本(ほん)名(めい) • (honmei) 

1. Synonym of 本名 (honmyō)