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Chinese
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roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
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to come
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trad. (本來)
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本
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來
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simp. (本来)
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本
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来
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Pronunciation
Note: beng2 lai5 - Jieyang.
Adjective
本來
- (attributive) original
Synonyms
- (attributive) 原來/原来 (yuánlái)
- 原始 (yuánshǐ)
Adverb
本來
- originally; the original intent was that
- it goes without saying; of course
- inherently
Synonyms
- 一插手兒 / 一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 一開始 / 一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
- 上頭仔 / 上头仔 (Hokkien)
- 乍出猛兒 / 乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 先前 (1shi-zhi6) (Wu)
- 先起頭 / 先起头 (Wu)
- 先頭 / 先头 (Wu)
- 最初 (zuìchū)
- 初初 (co1 co1) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
- 初起 (chūqǐ) (Jinjiang Hokkien)
- 初逢 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
- 劈頭 / 劈头 (pītóu)
- 原 (yuán)
- 原來 / 原来 (yuánlái)
- 原先 (yuánxiān)
- 原初 (yuánchū)
- 原底 (Hokkien, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
- 原旦 (Hakka)
- 原本 (yuánběn)
- 原本榻裡 / 原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
- 在本 (Hokkien)
- 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
- 寢頭 / 寝头 (Hokkien)
- 就跟兒 / 就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 早先 (5tsau-shi) (Wu)
- 本則來 / 本则来 (5pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
- 本底 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
- 本成 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 本然 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 本生 (5pen-san) (Wu)
- 當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
- 當初時 / 当初时 (Hokkien)
- 當原初 / 当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 自本 (Hokkien)
- 舊底 / 旧底 (Hokkien)
- 見面 / 见面 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 起先 (qǐxiān)
- 起初 (qǐchū)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (qǐshǒu)
- 起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
- 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
- 開先 / 开先 (kai1 sienn1) (Xiang)
- 開初 / 开初 (kāichū)
- 頭仔 / 头仔 (Hokkien)
- 頭起先 / 头起先 (Hokkien)
- 頭頭 / 头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)
Derived terms
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 本來 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 本來, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Adverb
本來 • (bollae) (hangeul 본래)
- hanja form? of 본래 (“originally”)
Noun
本來 • (bollae) (hangeul 본래)
- hanja form? of 본래 (“origin”)