本分

See also: 本份

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (本分)		本	分
simp. #(本分)		本	分
alternative forms		本份

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnfèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² fan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-fun
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-hūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnfèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄈㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnfèn
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-fên⁴
    • Yale: běn-fèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenfenn
    • Palladius: бэньфэнь (bɛnʹfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² fan⁶
    • Yale: bún fahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² fan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² fen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ fɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-fun
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` fun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ fun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ fun⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-hūn
    • Tâi-lô: pún-hūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnhun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hun³³/

Noun

本分

1. one's part, role or duty

Derived terms

• 不安本分
• 安守本分
• 守本分
• 惜本分
• 本分事
• 本分錢／本分钱
• 盡本分／尽本分

 

Verb

本分

1. to play one's part, role or duty
2. to stay within one's bounds

Adjective

本分

1. honest; decent (of a person)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (本分):

• → Japanese: 本分(ほんぶん) (honbun)
• → Korean: 본분(本分) (bonbun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	分
ほん Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほ​んぶん [hóꜜǹbùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞mbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

本(ほん)分(ぶん) • (honbun) ^{←ほんぶん (fonbun)?}

1. duty