本子

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (本子)		本	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnzi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: běn-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: been.tzy
  - Palladius: бэньцзы (bɛnʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bun² zi²
  - Yale: bún jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    本子
    本旨

Noun

本子

book
notebook (book in which notes are written)
edition (work published by a certain editor or in a certain manner)
(colloquial) identification; identity document; credential; papers; ID card
(derogatory, slang, Mainland China) Jap
(ACG, neologism) doujinshi (especially pornographic)
(literary) tree trunk
- 他想著：「大樹本子上，有幾個䩐靼，好借腳力。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  他想着：「大树本子上，有几个䩐靼，好借脚力。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Feng Menglong, Stories Old and New, 1620 CE
  Tā xiǎngzhe: “Dàshù běnzi shàng, yǒu jǐge gēda, hǎo jiè jiǎolì.” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(book):

冊／册 (cè) (as a classifier, or Classical Chinese)
冊子／册子 (cèzi)
卷 (juàn)
圖書／图书 (túshū) (as a collective term)
撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
文曲 (wénqǔ) (Classical Chinese)
文章 (wénzhāng)
書／书 (shū)
書冊／书册 (shūcè) (dated or Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)
書卷／书卷 (shūjuàn)
書本／书本 (shūběn) (as a collective term)
書籍／书籍 (shūjí) (as a collective term)
本 (běn) (as a classifier)
本本 (běnběn) (informal, diminutive)
版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
簿 (bù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
籍 (jí) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
經籍／经籍 (jīngjí)
著 (zhù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
著作 (zhùzuò)
藝文／艺文 (yìwén)

Dialectal synonyms of 本子 (“notebook”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		本子
Mandarin	Beijing	本兒
	Jinan	本子
	Xi'an	本子, 本本兒
	Wuhan	本子
	Chengdu	本子, 本本兒
	Yangzhou	本子, 簿子
	Hefei	本子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簿
	Hong Kong	簿
	Yangjiang	簿
Hakka	Meixian	簿仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	簿仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	簿仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	簿仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	簿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	簿仔, 簿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	簿子
Jin	Taiyuan	本子, 本本
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簿仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簿簿
Southern Min	Xiamen	簿仔
	Quanzhou	簿仔
	Zhangzhou	簿仔
	Chaozhou	簿
Wu	Suzhou	簿子
	Wenzhou	簿兒
	Changshan	本子, 簿子
Xiang	Changsha	本子, 簿子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	本子, 簿子

(edition):

版本 (bǎnběn)

(identification): 證件／证件 (zhèngjiàn)
(Jap):

倭人 (wōrén) (literary)
倭夷 (literary)
倭奴 (pejorative)
倭子 (literary)
倭寇 (wōkòu) (pejorative)
日人 (Rìrén) (literary)
日本人 (rìběnrén)
日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi) (pejorative)
東洋人／东洋人 (dōngyángrén) (dated)
東洋鬼子／东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi) (pejorative)
東瀛人／东瀛人 (dōngyíngrén) (literary)
霓虹金 (níhóngjīn) (Internet slang)

Descendants

→ Guiqiong: pɛntsi (“notebook”)

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