務本

See also: 务本

Chinese

		affair; business; matter	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (務本)		務	本
simp. (务本)		务	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄅㄣˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bū-pún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùběn
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-pên³
    • Yale: wù-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhbeen
    • Palladius: убэнь (ubɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bū-pún
    • Tâi-lô: bū-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxpuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁴¹⁻²² pun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu³³⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu³³⁻²¹ pun⁴¹/

Verb

務本

1. (literary) to concentrate on the essentials; to concentrate on the foundation

   • 君子務本，本立而道生。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君子务本，本立而道生。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, Wiktionary translation

     Jūnzǐ wùběn, běn lì ér dào shēng. [Pinyin]

     The ideal man concentrates on essentials. Having established the essentials, the (correct) path is produced.

Derived terms

• 務本抑末 / 务本抑末
• 除惡務本 / 除恶务本