本體

See also: 本体

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (本體)		本	體
simp. (本体)		本	体

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běntǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² tai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-thí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běntǐ [Phonetic: béntǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běntǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-tʻi³
    • Yale: běn-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beentii
    • Palladius: бэньти (bɛnʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² tai²
    • Yale: bún tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-thí
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˋ ti^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ ti³
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ tʰi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-thé
    • Tâi-lô: pún-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwntea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴¹/

Noun

本體

1. (philosophy) thing-in-itself; noumenon
2. main part; substance

Derived terms

• 本體論／本体论 (běntǐlùn)