務本

See also: 务本

Chinese

		affair; business; matter	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (務本)		務	本
simp. (务本)		务	本

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùběn

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄅㄣˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bū-pún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wùběn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùběn
  - Wade–Giles: wu⁴-pên³
  - Yale: wù-běn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhbeen
  - Palladius: убэнь (ubɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bū-pún
  - Tâi-lô: bū-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buxpuon
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁴¹⁻²² pun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu³³⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu³³⁻²¹ pun⁴¹/

Verb

務本

(literary) to concentrate on the essentials; to concentrate on the foundation
- 君子務本，本立而道生。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  君子务本，本立而道生。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, Wiktionary translation
  Jūnzǐ wùběn, běn lì ér dào shēng. [Pinyin]
  The ideal man concentrates on essentials. Having established the essentials, the (correct) path is produced.

Derived terms

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