本兒

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	diminutive suffix
trad. (本兒)		本	兒
simp. (本儿)		本	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnr

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnr
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-ʼrh
    • Yale: běnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beel
    • Palladius: бэньр (bɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pəɻ²¹⁴/

Noun

本兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 本 (běn, “capital; principal”).

   Synonyms: 本錢／本钱 (běnqián), 本金 (běnjīn)

   下本兒／下本儿  ―  xiàběnr  ―  to invest

   夠本兒／够本儿  ―  gòuběnr  ―  to gain enough to cover the cost

   賠本兒／赔本儿  ―  péiběnr  ―  to sustain losses in business

   老本兒／老本儿  ―  lǎoběnr  ―  capital; principal; [figuratively] reputation; merit

2. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 本 (běn, “book”).

   書本兒／书本儿  ―  shūběnr  ―  book

   賬本兒／账本儿  ―  zhàngběnr  ―  account book

3. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 本 (běn, “script”).

Synonyms

• (book):

Dialectal synonyms of 本子 (“notebook”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		本子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	本兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	本子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	本子, 本本兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	本子, 本本兒
	Wuhan	本子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	本子, 簿子
	Hefei	本子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簿
	Hong Kong	簿
	Yangjiang	簿
Hakka	Meixian	簿仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	簿仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	簿仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	簿仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	簿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	簿仔, 簿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	簿子
Jin	Taiyuan	本子, 本本
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簿仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簿簿
Southern Min	Xiamen	簿仔
	Quanzhou	簿仔
	Zhangzhou	簿仔
	Chaozhou	簿
Wu	Suzhou	簿子
	Wenzhou	簿兒
	Changshan	本子, 簿子
Xiang	Changsha	本子, 簿子
	Shuangfeng	本子, 簿子

Derived terms

• 下本兒／下本儿 (xiàběnr)
• 書本兒／书本儿 (shūběnr)
• 老本兒／老本儿 (lǎoběnr)
• 賬本兒／账本儿
• 車本兒／车本儿 (chēběnr)

 

Classifier

本兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 本 (běn, “Classifier for books, plays, films, etc..”).

   兩本兒賬／两本儿账  ―  liǎng běnr zhàng  ―  two account books