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本來

本來

See also: 本来

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	to come
trad. (本來)		本	來
simp. (本来)		本	来

Adjective

本來

(attributive) original

Adverb

本來

originally; the original intent was that
it goes without saying; of course

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): běnlái

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² loi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-lòi
Min Nan (POJ): pún-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: běnlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenlai
  - IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² loi⁴
  - Yale: bún lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² loi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun` loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ loi²
  - IPA: /pun³¹ lo̯i¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: pún-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwnlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laɪ²³/