本身

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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)
 
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
 
trad. (本身) 本 身
simp. #(本身) 本 身

Pronunciation

Pronoun

本身

  1. oneself; itself; in itself; per se

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 自己 (“oneself”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 己, 自己, 自家
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 自己
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 自個兒, 自己個兒, 各個兒, 一個兒
Taiwan 自己
Harbin 自家
Malaysia 自己
Singapore 自己
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 自家, 自個兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 自己
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 自己
Wanrong 各人
Xi'an 自個兒, 自己個兒
Xuzhou 自個兒
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 自家
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 自家, 各人, 自己
Wuhan 自家, 自己
Guiyang 自家
Guilin 自己
Liuzhou 自己
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 自簡, 自己
Hefei 自家
Cantonese Guangzhou 自己
Hong Kong 自己
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 自己
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 自家
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 自己
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 自己
Macau 自己
Guangzhou (Panyu) 自己
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 自己
Guangzhou (Conghua) 自己
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 自己
Foshan 自己
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 自己
Foshan (Shunde) 自己
Foshan (Sanshui) 自己
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 自己
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 自己
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 自己
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 自己
Zhuhai (Doumen) 自己
Jiangmen (Baisha) 自己
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 自己
Taishan 自己
Kaiping (Chikan) 自己
Enping (Niujiang) 自己
Heshan (Yayao) 自己
Dongguan 自己
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 自己
Qingyuan 自己
Fogang 自己
Yingde (Hanguang) 自己
Yangshan 自己
Lianshan (Butian) 自己
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 自家
Shaoguan 自己
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 自己
Renhua 自己
Lechang 自己
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 自己
Sihui 自己
Guangning 自己
Deqing 自己
Huaiji 自己
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 自己
Yunfu 己己
Xinxing 自己
Luoding 自己
Yunan (Pingtai) 自己
Yangjiang 自己
Xinyi 自己
Maoming (Xinpo) 自己
Lianjiang 自己
Nanning 自己
Hepu (Lianzhou) 自家
Hepu (Shatian) 自己
Guiping 自己
Mengshan (Xihe) 自己
Guigang (Nanjiang) 自己
Beiliu (Tangliao) 自己
Baise 自己
Bobai 自己
Lingshan 自己
Pubei 獨家
Qinzhou 自己
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 自家
Beihai 自己
Beihai (Nankang) 自家
Beihai (Yingpan) 自家
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 自己
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 自己
Ningming 自己
Hengzhou 自己
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 本人
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 自己
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 自己
Singapore (Guangfu) 自己
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 自己
Móng Cái 自己
Gan Nanchang 自簡
Lichuan 自家
Pingxiang 自己, 自家
Hakka Meixian 自家
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 自家
Dongguan (Qingxi) 自家
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 自家
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 自家
Wuhua (Huacheng) 自家
Heyuan (Bendihua) 自己
Wengyuan 自家
Liannan 自己
Jiexi 自家
Luhe 自家
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 自家
Changting 自家
Wuping (Yanqian) 自家
Ninghua 自家
Yudu 自家
Ningdu 自家
Tonggu (Sandu) 自家
Ganzhou (Panlong) 自家
Dayu 自家
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 自家
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 自家
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 自家
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 自家
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 自家
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 自家
Hong Kong 自家
Yangxi (Tangkou) 自家
Yangchun (Sanjia) 自己
Xinyi (Sihe) 自家
Xinyi (Qianpai) 自家
Gaozhou (Xindong) 自己
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 自家
Huazhou (Xin'an) 自己
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 自家, 自己
Lianjiang (Qingping) 自己
Mengshan (Xihe) 自家
Luchuan 自家
Beiliu (Tang'an) 自家
Mashan (Pianlian) 自家
Senai (Huiyang) 自家
Kuching (Hepo) 自家
Huizhou Jixi 自家
Jin Taiyuan 自己, 自家
Xinzhou 自家, 各人
Northern Min Jian'ou 自自
Jian'ou (Dikou) 自自
Songxi 臧自
Zhenghe 自自
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 自自
Jianyang 自
Wuyishan 自
Pucheng (Shibei) 獨自
Eastern Min Fuzhou 自家
Fuzhou (Changle) 自家
Lianjiang 自家
Fuqing 自家
Pingtan 自家
Yongtai 自家
Minqing 自家
Gutian 自家
Pingnan 自家
Luoyuan 自家
Fu'an 自儕
Ningde 自家
Shouning 自儕
Zhouning 自儕
Fuding 家自
Southern Min Xiamen 家己
Xiamen (Tong'an) 家己
Quanzhou 家己
Jinjiang 家己
Nan'an 家己
Shishi 家己
Hui'an 家己
Anxi 家己
Yongchun 家己
Dehua 家己
Zhangzhou 家己
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 家己
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 家己
Hua'an 家己
Nanjing 家己
Pinghe 家己
Zhangpu 家己
Yunxiao 家己
Zhao'an 家己
Dongshan 家己
Taipei 家己
New Taipei (Sanxia) 家己
Kaohsiung 家己
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 家己
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 家己
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 家己
Yilan 家己
Changhua (Lukang) 家己
Taichung 家己
Tainan 家己
Hsinchu 家己
Kinmen 家己
Penghu (Magong) 家己
Penang (Hokkien) 家己
Singapore (Hokkien) 家己
Manila (Hokkien) 家己
Medan (Hokkien) 家己
Longyan 自家
Zhangping 家己, 己家
Zhangping (Yongfu) 己家
Datian 家己
Pingnan (Shangdu) 自己
Chaozhou 家己, 家己儂
Shantou 家己
Shantou (Chenghai) 家己
Shantou (Chaoyang) 家己
Jieyang 家己
Lufeng 家己
Haifeng 家己
Bangkok (Teochew) 家己
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 家己
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 家己
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 家己
Singapore (Teochew) 家己
Pontianak (Teochew) 家己
Leizhou 家己
Wenchang 家己
Haikou 家己
Qionghai 家己
Singapore (Hainanese) 家己
Puxian Min Putian 家己
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 家己
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 家己
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 家己
Xianyou 家己
Xianyou (Fengting) 家己
Xianyou (Youyang) 家己
Central Min Yong'an 你儕
Sanming (Shaxian) 家自
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 自家
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 家己
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 自己
Shehua Fu'an 自家
Fuding 自家
Luoyuan 自家
Sanming 自家
Shunchang 自家
Hua'an 自家
Wu Shanghai 自家
Shanghai (Chongming) 自家
Suzhou 自家
Wuxi 自家
Danyang 自家
Hangzhou 自家
Ningbo 自家
Wenzhou 自
Lishui 自
Qingyuan 自
Jinhua 自
Xiang Changsha 自家
Loudi 自家
Shuangfeng 自家, 自己

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本 身
ほん
Grade: 1 		み
Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Noun

本(ほん)身(み) • (honmi) 

  1. real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice sword)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
本身

Pronoun

本身

  1. chữ Hán form of bản thân (“self; oneself”).
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