本心

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (本心)		本	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnsin
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-hsin¹
  - Yale: běn-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshin
  - Palladius: бэньсинь (bɛnʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² sam¹
  - Yale: bún sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

本心

one’s initial intention; original idea; true feelings; aspiration; purpose; goal
conscience

Synonyms

(initial intention):

初心 (chūxīn)
初意 (chūyì) (literary)
初衷 (chūzhōng)
初願／初愿 (chūyuàn)
宿心 (sùxīn) (literary)
本志 (běnzhì) (literary)
本意 (běnyì)
本願／本愿 (běnyuàn)
素心 (sùxīn) (literary)

(conscience):

人心 (rénxīn)
人性 (rénxìng)
天良 (tiānliáng)
良心 (liángxīn)
良知 (liángzhī)
靈魂／灵魂 (línghún)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (本心):

→ Japanese: 本心(ほんしん) (honshin)
→ Korean: 본심(本心) (bonsim)
→ Vietnamese: bản tâm (本心)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	心
ほん Grade: 1	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんしん [hóꜜǹshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) ほんしん [hòńshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

本(ほん)心(しん) • (honshin)

true feelings

See also

本音(ほんね) (honne)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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