本末
Chinese
editroots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word) |
end; final stage; latter part | ||
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simp. and trad. (本末) |
本 | 末 |
Pronunciation
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- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: běnmò
- Wade–Giles: pên3-mo4
- Yale: běn-mwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenmoh
- Palladius: бэньмо (bɛnʹmo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bun2 mut6
- Yale: bún muht
- Cantonese Pinyin: bun2 mut9
- Guangdong Romanization: bun2 mud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /puːn³⁵ muːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
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- (literally) root or trunk of a tree and the branches
- (figuratively) the fundamental and the incidental
- (figuratively) ins and outs; the whole story
Synonyms
edit- (the fundamental and the incidental): 主次 (zhǔcì)
- (ins and outs):