本部

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
simp. and trad. (本部)		本	部

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnbù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² bou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnbù
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-pu⁴
  - Yale: běn-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenbuh
  - Palladius: бэньбу (bɛnʹbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² bou⁶
  - Yale: bún bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ pou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: pún-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwnpo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɔ³³/

Noun

本部

(of a unit, organization, institution, etc.) main part; main force; main office; headquarters
校本部 ― xiào běnbù ― main campus (of a school or university)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
本	部
ほん Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんぶ [hóꜜǹbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [hõ̞mbɯ̟]

Noun

本(ほん)部(ぶ) • (honbu)

headquarters
Synonym: 総本山

Usage notes

Often used in the context of Martial arts (denoting the main school).

Derived terms

本部道場

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
本	部
もと Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3

Proper noun

本(もと)部(ぶ) • (Motobu)

a surname

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	部

Noun

本部 • (bonbu) (hangeul 본부)

hanja form^? of 본부 (“headquarters”)