本巢

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	nest
simp. and trad. (本巢)		本	巢

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 本巣 (Motosu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běncháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄔㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běncháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běncháo
    • Wade–Giles: Pên³-chʻao²
    • Yale: Běn-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beenchaur
    • Palladius: Бэньчао (Bɛnʹčao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Proper noun

本巢

1. (～市) Motosu (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan)