本題

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
trad. (本題)		本	題
simp. (本题)		本	题

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běntí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² tai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běntí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běntí
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-tʻi²
    • Yale: běn-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beentyi
    • Palladius: бэньти (bɛnʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² tai⁴
    • Yale: bún tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/

Noun

本題

1. subject under discussion; point at issue; this topic

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	題
ほん Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほんだい [hòńdáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞nda̠i]

Noun

本(ほん)題(だい) • (hondai) 

1. main subject; main topic

Derived terms

• 本(ほん)題(だい)に入(はい)る (hondai ni hairu, “to get down to business”)