本土

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (本土)		本	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běntǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² tou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-thú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pún-thó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung² tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běntǔ [Phonetic: béntǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běntǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-tʻu³
    • Yale: běn-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beentuu
    • Palladius: бэньту (bɛnʹtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² tou²
    • Yale: bún tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-thú
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˋ tu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ tu³
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ tʰu³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pún-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwntor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bung² tou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng thóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰou⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

本土

1. one's native country
2. metropolitan territory
3. mainland; continent

Adjective

本土

1. (attributive) native; indigenous; local

   本土文化  ―  běntǔ wénhuà  ―  indigenous culture

   澳大利亞本土品牌 [MSC, trad.]
   澳大利亚本土品牌 [MSC, simp.]

   Àodàlìyà běntǔ pǐnpái [Pinyin]

   local Australian brand

Derived terms

• 中國本土 / 中国本土 (Zhōngguó běntǔ)
• 本土化 (běntǔhuà)
• 本鄉本土 / 本乡本土 (běnxiāngběntǔ)
• 美國本土外小島嶼 / 美国本土外小岛屿 (Měiguó Běntǔ Wài Xiǎodǎoyǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	土
ほん Grade: 1	ど Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

本(ほん)土(ど) • (hondo) 

1. the mainland (as opposed to outlying territories)

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	土

Noun

本土 • (bonto) (hangeul 본토)

1. hanja form^? of 본토 (“mainland”)