本紀

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record
trad. (本紀)		本	紀
simp. (本纪)		本	纪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnjì
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-chi⁴
    • Yale: běn-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenjih
    • Palladius: бэньцзи (bɛnʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² gei²
    • Yale: bún géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ kei̯³⁵/

Noun

本紀

1. (literary) basic legal system of a country
2. (literary) all the details from the beginning to the end
3. (historiography) annal of a monarch