本能

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (本能)		本	能
simp. #(本能)		本	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² nang⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-nèn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pún-nn̂g / pún-lêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung² lêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnnéng
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-nêng²
    • Yale: běn-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenneng
    • Palladius: бэньнэн (bɛnʹnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² nang⁴
    • Yale: bún nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` nenˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ nen¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: pún-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: pún-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnleeng
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bung² lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

本能

1. instinct

   動物本能／动物本能  ―  dòngwù běnnéng  ―  animal instinct

Adjective

本能

1. (attributive) instinctive

   本能反應／本能反应  ―  běnnéng fǎnyìng  ―  instinctive reaction

Adverb

本能

1. unconsciously; subconsciously

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	能
ほん Grade: 1	のう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほ​んのー [hóꜜǹnòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ほんのー [hòńnóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞nːo̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)能(のう) • (honnō) 

1. an instinct

   熊(くま)から本(ほん)能(のう)で逃(に)げた。

   Kuma kara honnō de nigeta.

   I escaped from the bear by instinct.

   • 2007 July 13, “猫(ねこ)族(ぞく)の戦(せん)士(し)ミリー”, in 基本セット　第１０版 [Core Set: 10th Edition], Wizards of the Coast:

     美(び)と優(ゆう)雅(が)さに満(み)ち、捕(ほ)食(しょく)者(しゃ)の本(ほん)能(のう)も持(も)ち……ミリーはさまざまな場(ば)所(しょ)に行(い)きますが、私(わたし)はラノワールが一(いち)番(ばん)合(あ)っていると思(おも)っています。
     ――ラノワールの使(し)者(しゃ)ロフェロス

     Bi to yūgasa ni michi, hoshokusha no honnō mo mochi…… Mirī wa samazama na basho ni ikimasu ga, watashi wa Ranowāru ga ichiban atteiru to omotte imasu.
     ――Ranowāru no shisha Roferosu

     “Full of beauty and grace, with a predator’s instincts... Although she wanders, I have always thought Mirri belongs in Llanowar most of all.”
     ―Rofellos, Llanowar emissary

Derived terms

• 本(ほん)能(のう)的(てき) (honnōteki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	能

Noun

本能 • (bonneung) (hangeul 본능)

1. Hanja form^? of 본능 (“instinct”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
本	能

Noun

本能

1. chữ Hán form of bản năng (“instinct”).