本國

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	country; state; nation
trad. (本國)		本	國
simp. (本国)		本	国
anagram		國本／国本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): běnguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бынгуй (bɨnguy, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-koet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-kok
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵pen-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnguó
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-kuo²
    • Yale: běn-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beengwo
    • Palladius: бэньго (bɛnʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бынгуй (bɨnguy, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pəŋ⁵¹ kuei²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² gwok³
    • Yale: bún gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ ku̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-kok
    • Tâi-lô: pún-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnkog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵pen-koq
    • MiniDict: pen^去 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pen-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

本國

1. one's own country; home country; homeland

See also

• 本地 (běndì)
• 我國／我国 (wǒguó)
• 祖國／祖国 (zǔguó)