本島

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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)	island
trad. (本島)		本	島
simp. (本岛)		本	岛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běndǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² dou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-tó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běndǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běndǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-tao³
  - Yale: běn-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beendao
  - Palladius: бэньдао (bɛnʹdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² dou²
  - Yale: bún dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-tó
  - Tâi-lô: pún-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwndoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/

Noun

本島

main island
the island proper

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	島
ほん Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんとー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

本(ほん)島(とう) • (hontō)

main island

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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