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
- (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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
務本
- (literary) to concentrate on the essentials; to concentrate on the foundation
- 君子務本，本立而道生。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- 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.
君子务本，本立而道生。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Derived terms
- 務本抑末 / 务本抑末
- 除惡務本 / 除恶务本