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
anagram		子本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² zi²

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• 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

1. book
2. notebook (book in which notes are written)
3. edition (work published by a certain editor or in a certain manner)
4. (colloquial) identification; identity document; credential; papers; ID card
5. (derogatory, slang, Mainland China) Jap
6. (ACG, neologism) doujinshi (especially pornographic)
7. (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):

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• 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	本兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	本子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	本子, 本本兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	本子, 本本兒
	Wuhan	本子
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
	Shuangfeng	本子, 簿子

• (edition):

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• 版本 (bǎnběn)

 

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

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• 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”)