本金

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (本金)		本	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² gam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnjin
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-chin¹
    • Yale: běn-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenjin
    • Palladius: бэньцзинь (bɛnʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² gam¹
    • Yale: bún gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-kim
    • Tâi-lô: pún-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnkym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/

Noun

本金

1. capital; principal

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 母錢／母钱

Derived terms

• 本息 (běnxī)