本官

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (本官)		本	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnguan
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-kuan¹
    • Yale: běn-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenguan
    • Palladius: бэньгуань (bɛnʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² gun¹
    • Yale: bún gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

本官

1. (literary) original official position

Pronoun

本官

1. (dated) the present official; I

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	官
ほん Grade: 1	かん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation 1

• (Tokyo) ほんかん [hòńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

本(ほん)官(かん) • (honkan) ^{←ほんくわん (fonkwan)?}

1. official position

Pronunciation 2

• (Tokyo) ほんかん [hóꜜǹkàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

本(ほん)官(かん) • (honkan) ^{←ほんくわん (fonkwan)?}

1. The first person used by servicemen, police officers, government workers, etc.

   Synonym: 自分 (jibun)

   • 1931, Yumeno Kyūsaku, Reikan! [Inspiration!]‎^[1]:

     本(ほん)官(かん)は只(ただ)今(いま)からこの事(じ)件(けん)に対(たい)する最(さい)後(ご)の解(かい)決(けつ)法(ほう)に就(つ)いて説(せつ)明(めい)しようとする者(もの)である。

     Honkan wa tadaima kara kono jiken ni taisuru saigo no kaiketsu-hō ni tsuite setsumei shiyō to suru mono de aru.

     I would like to explain about the last way to solve this incident right now.

     (literally, “I am who will explain about the last way to solve this incident right now.”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	官

Noun

本官 • (bon'gwan) (hangeul 본관)

1. hanja form^? of 본관