本壘

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	rampart
trad. (本壘)		本	壘
simp. (本垒)		本	垒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnlěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² leoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-lúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnlěi [Phonetic: bénlěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnlěi
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-lei³
    • Yale: běn-lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenleei
    • Palladius: бэньлэй (bɛnʹlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² leoi⁵
    • Yale: bún léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-lúi
    • Tâi-lô: pún-luí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnluie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lui⁴¹/

Noun

本壘

1. (baseball, softball) home base

Derived terms

• 本壘打 / 本垒打 (běnlěidǎ)