本家

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Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (本家)		本	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² gaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-kâ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-ke / pún-ka

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnjia
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-chia¹
  - Yale: běn-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenjia
  - Palladius: бэньцзя (bɛnʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² gaa¹
  - Yale: bún gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun` ga´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ ka²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-ke / pún-ka
  - Tâi-lô: pún-ke / pún-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwnkef, pwnkaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/, /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/

Noun

本家

member of the same clan
distant relative with the same family name

Synonyms

(member of the same clan): (literary) 戶家／户家 (hùjiā), 同族 (tóngzú), (literary) 族類／族类 (zúlèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (本家):

→ Japanese: 本(ほん)家(け) (honke)
→ Korean: 본가(本家) (bon'ga)

See also

Not to be confused with 本家兒／本家儿 (běnjiār).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	家
ほん Grade: 1	け Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんけ (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

本(ほん)家(け) • (honke)

main home; birthplace
(by extension) original; origin

Synonyms

本(ほん)家(け)本元(ほんもと) (honke honmoto)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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