本意

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
simp. and trad. (本意)		本	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnyì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² ji³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-yi
Min Nan (POJ): pún-ì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnyì
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-i⁴
  - Yale: běn-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenyih
  - Palladius: бэньи (bɛnʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² ji³
  - Yale: bún yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ jiː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun` i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun` (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-ì
  - Tâi-lô: pún-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwn'ix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/

Noun

本意

one’s initial intention; original idea; true feelings; aspiration; purpose; goal
signification
etymon

Synonyms

(initial intention):

初心 (chūxīn)
初意 (chūyì) (literary)
初衷 (chūzhōng)
宿心 (sùxīn) (literary)
本心 (běnxīn)

本志 (běnzhì) (literary)
素心 (sùxīn) (literary)
初願／初愿 (chūyuàn)
本願／本愿 (běnyuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	意
ほん Grade: 1	い Grade: 3
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
本	意
ほん > ほ Grade: 1	い Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんい [hóꜜn'ì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃i]

(Tokyo) ほい [hóꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞i]

Noun

本(ほん)意(い) or 本(ほ)意(い) • (hon'i or hoi)

one's motives, intent

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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