老本

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (老本)		老	本
simp. #(老本)		老	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ bun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-pún / lāu-pún / lǎu-pńg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoběn [Phonetic: láoběn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoběn
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pên³
    • Yale: lǎu-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobeen
    • Palladius: лаобэнь (laobɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoběnr [Phonetic: láoběnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoběnr
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pên³-ʼrh
    • Yale: lǎu-běnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobeel
    • Palladius: лаобэньр (laobɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ bun²
    • Yale: lóuh bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ puːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-pún
    • Tâi-lô: láu-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'puon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pún
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxpuon
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ pun⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-pńg
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-pńg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

老本

1. capital; assets; savings
2. (figurative) reputation; merit
3. old edition of a book
4. trunk (of tree)