夠本

Chinese

		to reach; to be enough	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (夠本)		夠	本
simp. (够本)		够	本

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gòuběn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ bun²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàu-pńg / kàu-pún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gòuběn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gòuběn
  - Wade–Giles: kou⁴-pên³
  - Yale: gòu-běn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowbeen
  - Palladius: гоубэнь (goubɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gòuběnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄅㄣˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gòuběnr
  - Wade–Giles: kou⁴-pên³-ʼrh
  - Yale: gòu-běnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowbeel
  - Palladius: гоубэньр (goubɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ bun²
  - Yale: gau bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³ bun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ puːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-pńg
  - Tâi-lô: kàu-pńg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kao'pngr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-pún
  - Tâi-lô: kàu-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kao'puon
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²¹⁻⁴¹ pun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kau¹¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³/

Noun

夠本

the gains balancing the losses

Verb

夠本

to make enough money to cover the cost; to break even