本位

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (本位)		本	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-vi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pún-ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung² ui⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnwèi
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-wei⁴
    • Yale: běn-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenwey
    • Palladius: бэньвэй (bɛnʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² wai⁶
    • Yale: bún waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˋ vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ vi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: pún-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bung² ui⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng ūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ui¹¹/

Noun

本位

1. (numismatics) monetary standard
2. one's own department or post
3. (literary) self; oneself

Derived terms

• 個人本位 / 个人本位
• 本位主義 / 本位主义 (běnwèi zhǔyì)
• 本位貨幣 / 本位货币 (běnwèi huòbì)
• 金本位 (jīnběnwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	位
ほん Grade: 1	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほんい [hóꜜǹ'ì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃i]

Noun

本(ほん)位(い) • (hon'i) ^{←ほんゐ (fon'wi)?}

1. original position or rank
2. standard (used for making judgements)
3. highest ranked courtesan in a pleasure quarter

   Synonym: 太夫 (tayū)

4. Clipping of 本位貨幣 (hon'ikahei, “standard currency”)

Derived terms

• 興味本位(きょうみほんい) (kyōmihon'i, “out of personal interest”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	位

Noun

本位 • (bonwi) (hangeul 본위)

1. hanja form^? of 본위 (“monetary standard”)