見本

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (見本)		見	本
simp. (见本)		见	本

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 見(み)本(ほん) (mihon).

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kien-pún / kian-pún
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-pún

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-pún
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien bun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian<sup>4</sup> bun<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ pun³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-pún
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian bun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ bun³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ pun³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-pún
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernpuon
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ pun⁴¹/

Noun

見本

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) sample

Synonyms

• 樣本／样本 (yàngběn)
• 樣品／样品 (yàngpǐn)
• 貨樣／货样

References

• “Entry #3429”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見	本
み Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みほん [mìhóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲihõ̞ɴ]

Noun

見(み)本(ほん) • (mihon) ^{←みほん (mifon)?}

1. sample, example

   書体(しょたい)見本(みほん)

   shotai mihon

   typeface sample