本錢

See also: 本钱

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	coin; money
trad. (本錢)		本	錢
simp. (本钱)		本	钱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnqián

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² cin⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pún-chhièn

(Meixian, Guangdong): bun³ qiên²
Eastern Min (BUC): buōng-cièng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pńg-chîⁿ / pún-chîⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): bung² zin⁵
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ben³ zienn²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnqián → běnqian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ → ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnciån
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-chʻien⁵
  - Yale: běn-chyan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: been.chyan
  - Palladius: бэньцянь (bɛnʹcjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/ → /pən²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² cin⁴
  - Yale: bún chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˋ qien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ qian²
  - Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bun³ qiên²
  - Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buōng-cièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒieŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pńg-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pńg-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pngfcvii
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pún-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwncvii
  - IPA (Penang): /pun⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sĩ²³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bung² zin⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng tsîⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ben³ zienn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /pən⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /pən⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/

Noun

本錢

(literally) capital; funds; wealth
(figuratively) one's experience and skills in a particular field

Synonyms

(capital): (Cantonese) 本銀／本银; (Hokkien) 母本 (mǔběn), 母錢／母钱, 母金; (Wu) 本鈿／本钿

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	錢

Noun

本錢 • (bonjeon) (hangeul 본전)

hanja form^? of 본전 (“capital; funds”)