本溪

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	creek
trad. (本溪)		本	溪
simp. #(本溪)		本	溪

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běnxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² kai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běnxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běnsi
    • Wade–Giles: Pên³-hsi¹
    • Yale: Běn-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beenshi
    • Palladius: Бэньси (Bɛnʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² kai¹
    • Yale: bún kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

本溪

1. (～市) Benxi (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)

Descendants

• → English: Benxi, Pen-ch'i, Pen-hsi