本來

See also: 本来

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 come
trad. (本來)		本	來
simp. (本来)		本	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnlái

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² loi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-lòi
Eastern Min (BUC): buōng-lài
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pún-lâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): bung² lai⁵ / beng² lai⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pen-le

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnlái
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-lai²
  - Yale: běn-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenlai
  - Palladius: бэньлай (bɛnʹlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² loi⁴
  - Yale: bún lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˋ loi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ loi̯¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buōng-lài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(l-)nˡai⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: pún-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwnlaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai²³/
  - IPA (Penang): /pun⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ lai²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bung² lai⁵ / beng² lai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng lâi / pṳ́ng lâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ lai⁵⁵/, /pɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ lai⁵⁵/

Note: beng2 lai5 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pen-le
  - MiniDict: pen^去 le
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pen-le
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ le⁴⁴/

Adjective

本來

(attributive) original

Synonyms

(attributive) 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
原始 (yuánshǐ)

Adverb

本來

originally; the original intent was that
it goes without saying; of course
inherently

Synonyms

(originally):

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一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
先頭／先头 (Wu)
最初 (zuìchū)
初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
原 (yuán)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原初 (yuánchū)
原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
原旦 (Hakka)
原本 (yuánběn)
原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
在本 (Hokkien)
始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
本底 (Hokkien)
本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
本成 (Hokkien)
本然 (Hokkien)
本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
自本 (Hokkien)
舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起初 (qǐchū)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
開初／开初 (kāichū)
頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)

Derived terms

本來面目／本来面目

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	來
ほん Grade: 1	らい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

本(ほん)來(らい) • (honrai)

Kyūjitai form of 本来 (“originally”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	來

Adverb

本來 • (bollae) (hangeul 본래)

hanja form^? of 본래 (“originally”)

Noun

本來 • (bollae) (hangeul 본래)

hanja form^? of 본래 (“origin”)