標本

See also: 标本

Chinese

		the topmost branches of a tree; surface; sign the topmost branches of a tree; surface; sign; to mark; (outward) sign; indication; prize; award; bid	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (標本)		標	本
simp. (标本)		标	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāoběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹ bun²
• Min Nan (POJ): piau-pún / phiau-pún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāoběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biaoběn
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹-pên³
    • Yale: byāu-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biaubeen
    • Palladius: бяобэнь (bjaobɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu¹ bun²
    • Yale: bīu bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu¹ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵ puːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piau-pún
    • Tâi-lô: piau-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piau'puon
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piau³³ pun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴⁴⁻³³ pun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piau⁴⁴⁻²² pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piau⁴⁴⁻³³ pun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-pún
    • Tâi-lô: phiau-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'puon
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ pun⁴¹/

Noun

標本

1. (literally) root cause and symptoms
2. (figuratively) example
3. (biology) specimen
4. (pathology) sample

Synonyms

• (example): 代表 (dàibiǎo)

Derived terms

• 標本兼治／标本兼治 (biāoběnjiānzhì)

• 標本蟲／标本虫

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
標	本
ひょう Grade: 4	ほん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Literary Chinese 標本 (“the uppermost branches and the root”)

Noun

標(ひょう)本(ほん) • (hyōhon) 

1. sample; specimen

Descendants

• → Chinese: 標本
• → Korean: 표본 (pyobon)
• → Vietnamese: tiêu bản

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Korean

Hanja in this term
標	本

Noun

標本 • (pyobon) (hangeul 표본)

1. Hanja form^? of 표본 (“sample; specimen”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
標	本

Noun

標本

1. chữ Hán form of tiêu bản (“sample; specimen”).