本初

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
simp. and trad. (本初)		本	初

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnchū

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄔㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² co¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnchū
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄔㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnchu
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-chʻu¹
  - Yale: běn-chū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenchu
  - Palladius: бэньчу (bɛnʹču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² co¹
  - Yale: bún chō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tso¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² co¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

本初

(literary) original; beginning

Derived terms

本初子午線／本初子午线 (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn)

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