夠本

Chinese

		to reach; to be enough	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (夠本)		夠	本
simp. (够本)		够	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòuběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ bun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàu-pńg / kàu-pún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòuběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòuběn
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴-pên³
    • Yale: gòu-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowbeen
    • Palladius: гоубэнь (goubɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòuběnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄅㄣˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòuběnr
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴-pên³-ʼrh
    • Yale: gòu-běnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowbeel
    • Palladius: гоубэньр (goubɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ bun²
    • Yale: gau bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ puːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-pńg
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-pńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao'pngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-pún
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao'puon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²¹⁻⁴¹ pun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau¹¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³/

Noun

夠本

1. the gains balancing the losses

Verb

夠本

1. to make enough money to cover the cost; to break even