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本分

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
simp. and trad. (本分)		本	分

Alternative forms

本份

Noun

本分

one's part, role or duty

Verb

本分

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

Adjective

本分

honest; decent (of a person)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): běnfèn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄈㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² fan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-fun
Min Nan (POJ): pún-hūn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: běnfèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄈㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenfenn
  - IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² fan⁶
  - Yale: bún fahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² fan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ fɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-fun
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun` fun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ fun⁴
  - IPA: /pun³¹ fun⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/