本名

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (本名)		本	名
simp. ^#(本名)		本	名

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² ming⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-miâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnmíng
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-ming²
  - Yale: běn-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenming
  - Palladius: бэньмин (bɛnʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² ming⁴
  - Yale: bún mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-miâ
  - Tâi-lô: pún-miâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwnmiaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miã²³/

Noun

本名

birth name; real name; original name; given name
first name

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (本名):

→ Japanese: 本名(ほんみょう) (honmyō); 本名(ほんめい) (honmei)
→ Korean: 본명(本名) (bonmyeong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
本	名
ほん Grade: 1	みょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんみょー [hóꜜǹmyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [hõ̞mʲːo̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)名(みょう) • (honmyō) ^{←ほんみやう (fonmyau)^?}

real name

Usage notes

Refers to the name recorded in the koseki (戸籍), and is not necessarily one's birth name.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
本	名
ほん Grade: 1	めい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんめー [hóꜜǹmèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) ほんめー [hòńméé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [hõ̞mːe̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)名(めい) • (honmei)

synonym of 本名 (honmyō)