本京

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (本京)		本	京

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běnjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bung² gian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běnjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běnjing
    • Wade–Giles: Pên³-ching¹
    • Yale: Běn-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beenjing
    • Palladius: Бэньцзин (Bɛnʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bung² gian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng kiaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã³³/

Proper noun

本京

1. (Thailand) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 檳角／槟角 (Bīnjiǎo)

Dialectal synonyms of 曼谷 (“Bangkok”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曼谷
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	曼谷
Southwestern Mandarin	Dagudi (Maliba)	曼谷
	Reshuitang (Longling)	曼谷
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	曼谷
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	曼谷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	曼谷
	Hong Kong	曼谷
	Rongxian	曼谷
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	曼谷, 大埠
	Betong (Rongxian)	曼谷
Hakka	Meixian	曼谷
	Jiexi	曼谷
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	曼谷, 泰京
Southern Min	Xiamen	曼谷
	Quanzhou	曼谷
	Zhangzhou	曼谷
	Chaozhou	曼谷
	Bangkok (Teochew)	曼谷, 泰京, 本京
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	曼谷
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	曼谷

References

• Chanicha Kidprasert (2016-03-21) 泰国华语与汉语普通话书面语差异研究 [The Difference of Writing Pattern between Thai “Huayu” and Mandarin] (PhD) (in Chinese), Harbin: Heilongjiang University