本事

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (本事)		本	事

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-sū / pún-sīr
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pen-zy₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnshìh
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-shih⁴
    • Yale: běn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshyh
    • Palladius: бэньши (bɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 本事 本市 本是

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² si⁶
    • Yale: bún sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sū
    • Tâi-lô: pún-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: pún-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pen-zy₆
    • MiniDict: pen^去 zy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pen-zr₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

本事

1. original story; source material (of a literary work)
2. this matter

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnshi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² si⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pún-sṳ

  (Hailu, HRS): bun^ˊ sii^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bun³ si⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): beng² si³
• Eastern Min (BUC): buōng-sê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pún-sū / pún-sīr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung² se⁷

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵pen-zy₆ / ³pen-zy₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnshi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-shih⁵
    • Yale: běn-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: been.shy
    • Palladius: бэньши (bɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² si⁶
    • Yale: bún sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˋ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˊ sii^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴⁻³³ sɨ³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bun³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ sz̩⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: beng² si³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pə̃ŋ⁵³ sz̩⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buōng-sê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)nøy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sū
    • Tâi-lô: pún-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnsu
    • IPA (Singapore): /pun⁴²⁻²⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: pún-sīr
    • IPA (Singapore): /pun⁴²⁻²⁴ sɯ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bung² se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sɯ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pen-zy₆
    • MiniDict: pen^去 zy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pen-zr₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ zz̩⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³pen-zy₆
    • MiniDict: pen^上 zy^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pən⁵² zz̩¹¹/

Noun

本事

1. skill; ability

   你有本事嘅話就做畀我睇！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你有本事嘅话就做畀我睇！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jau⁵ bun² si⁶ ge³ waa^6-2 zau⁶ zou⁶ bei² ngo⁵ tai²! [Jyutping]

   If you think you can do it, then show me.

Synonyms

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• 一手
• 人才 (réncái)
• 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
• 才力 (cáilì)
• 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
• 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
• 才情 (cáiqíng)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 才能 (cáinéng)
• 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
• 手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
• 才華／才华 (cáihuá)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
• 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
• 技術／技术 (jìshù)
• 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
• 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
• 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 能力 (nénglì)
• 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
• 能量 (néngliàng)
• 花頭／花头 (Wu)
• 著數／着数
• 解數／解数
• 資力／资力 (zīlì)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 身手 (shēnshǒu)
• 道行

 

Pronunciation 3

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bun² si⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bon² lhu^5*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² si⁶
    • Yale: bún sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ siː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bon² lhu^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔn⁵⁵ ɬu³²⁻³²⁵/

Adjective

本事

1. (Cantonese) capable