本幣

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	money; coins; currency
trad. (本幣)		本	幣
simp. (本币)		本	币

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² bai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnbì
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-pi⁴
    • Yale: běn-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenbih
    • Palladius: бэньби (bɛnʹbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² bai⁶
    • Yale: bún baih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² bai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² bei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ pɐi̯²²/

Noun

本幣

1. Short for 本位貨幣／本位货币 (běnwèi huòbì, “local currency; standard currency”).