本田

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	field; farm
simp. and trad. (本田)		本	田

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 本田 (Honda).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běntián

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² tin⁴, hon¹ daa²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pún-thièn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pún-tiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běntián
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běntián
    • Wade–Giles: Pên³-tʻien²
    • Yale: Běn-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beentyan
    • Palladius: Бэньтянь (Bɛnʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² tin⁴, hon¹ daa²
    • Yale: bún tìhn, hōn dá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tin⁴, hon¹ daa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² tin⁴, hon¹ da²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/, /hɔːn⁵⁵ taː³⁵/

Note: hon1 daa2 - from English.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pún-thièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` tienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ tian²
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ tʰi̯en¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pún-tiân
    • Tâi-lô: Pún-tiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwndieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn²⁴/

Proper noun

本田

1. (automotive) Honda (brand and car)
2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 本田, Honda

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	田
ほん Grade: 1	た > だ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hõ̞nda̠]

• Homophone: 本多

Proper noun

本(ほん)田(だ) • (Honda) 

1. a surname