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

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:
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    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

original story; source material (of a literary work)
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
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): buang³ su⁵ / buang³ so⁵ / buong³ su⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pún-sū / pún-sīr

(Teochew, Peng'im): bung² se⁷
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵pen-zy₆ / ³pen-zy₆

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): /pəŋ⁵³ sz̩⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buōng-sê̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)nøy²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buang³ su⁵ [Phonetic: buang² nu⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puaŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)nu²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buang³ so⁵ [Phonetic: buang² no⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puaŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)no²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buong³ su⁵ [Phonetic: buong² nu⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ³³²⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)nu²¹/
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

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*

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

(Cantonese) capable

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “本事”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 68.