本生

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄥ
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵pen-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnsheng
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-shêng¹
  - Yale: běn-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beensheng
  - Palladius: бэньшэн (bɛnʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵pen-san
  - MiniDict: pen^去 san
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pen-san
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ sã⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (本生)		本	生

Proper noun

本生

A transliteration of the German surname Bunsen

Derived terms

本生燈／本生灯 (běnshēngdēng)

Etymology 2

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (本生)		本	生

Noun

本生

(literary) parents (often used by an adopted child to refer to his or her biological parents)
(literary) self
(Buddhism) jataka

Adjective

本生

(literary, of a relative) related by blood
(literary) one's own (children, parents, etc.)

Adverb

本生

(Wu) originally

Synonyms

一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
先頭／先头 (Wu)
最初 (zuìchū)
初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
原 (yuán)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原初 (yuánchū)
原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
原旦 (Hakka)
原本 (yuánběn)
原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
在本 (Hokkien)
始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
本來／本来 (běnlái)
本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
本底 (Hokkien)
本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
本成 (Hokkien)
本然 (Hokkien)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
自本 (Hokkien)
舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起初 (qǐchū)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
開初／开初 (kāichū)
頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)

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