本島

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běndǎo [Phonetic: béndǎo]
    • 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

1. main island
2. 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 [hóꜜǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)島(とう) • (hontō) 

1. main island