劇本

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See also: 剧本

Chinese

		drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (劇本)		劇	本
simp. (剧本)		剧	本

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jùběn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kek⁶ bun²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kio̍k-pún / kia̍k-pún / ke̍k-pún

(Teochew, Peng'im): giah⁸ beng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jùběn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyùběn
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴-pên³
  - Yale: jyù-běn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhbeen
  - Palladius: цзюйбэнь (czjujbɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kek⁶ bun²
  - Yale: kehk bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kek⁹ bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kég⁶ bun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛːk̚² puːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio̍k-pún
  - Tâi-lô: kio̍k-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiogpuon
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚²⁴⁻² pun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² pun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍k-pún
  - Tâi-lô: kia̍k-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiagpuon
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k-pún
  - Tâi-lô: ki̍k-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kegpuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² pun⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giah⁸ beng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia̍h pṳ́ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaʔ⁴⁻² pɯŋ⁵²/

Note: giah8 beng2 - Jieyang.

Noun

劇本

play; drama
script (for a drama)
Synonym: 腳本 / 脚本 (jiǎoběn)

電影劇本／电影剧本 ― diànyǐng jùběn ― screenplay

Derived terms

劇本殺 / 剧本杀 (jùběnshā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劇本):

→ Korean: 극본(劇本) (geukbon)
→ Vietnamese: kịch bản (劇本)

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