治本

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (治本)		治	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ bun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǐ-pún / tī-pún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhběn
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-pên³
    • Yale: jr̀-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhbeen
    • Palladius: чжибэнь (čžibɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ bun²
    • Yale: jih bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² puːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ-pún
    • Tâi-lô: tǐ-pún
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²² pun⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-pún
    • Tâi-lô: tī-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dixpuon
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/

Verb

治本

1. to take radical measures; to effect a permanent cure; to get at the root (of a problem, etc.)

   治標不治本／治标不治本  ―  zhìbiāo bù zhìběn  ―  to treat the symptoms but not the cause