本渡

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	to cross; to pass through; to ferry
simp. and trad. (本渡)		本	渡

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 本渡 (Hondo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běndù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běndù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běndù
    • Wade–Giles: Pên³-tu⁴
    • Yale: Běn-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beenduh
    • Palladius: Бэньду (Bɛnʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

Proper noun

本渡

1. (～市) Hondo (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)