本生

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄥ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pen-san

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• 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
  • (Northern: 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

1. 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

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

Adjective

本生

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

Adverb

本生

1. (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)