本業

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	business; occupation; study
trad. (本業)		本	業
simp. (本业)		本	业

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² jip⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-gia̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnyè
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-yeh⁴
    • Yale: běn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenyeh
    • Palladius: бэнье (bɛnʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² jip⁶
    • Yale: bún yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ jiːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-gia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: pún-gia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn'giap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/

Noun

本業

1. primary occupation; main job
2. (archaic) agriculture

Synonyms

• (occupation):

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• 事業 / 事业 (shìyè)
• 事由 (shìyóu) (colloquial)
• 職業 / 职业 (zhíyè)
• 行業 / 行业 (hángyè)

• (agriculture):

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• 農作 / 农作 (nóngzuò)
• 農業 / 农业 (nóngyè)
• 農耕 / 农耕 (nónggēng) (formal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	業
ほん Grade: 1	ぎょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

本(ほん)業(ぎょう) • (hongyō) 

1. primary occupation; main job