本題

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
trad. (本題)		本	題
simp. (本题)		本	题

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běntí

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² tai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běntí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běntí
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-tʻi²
  - Yale: běn-tí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beentyi
  - Palladius: бэньти (bɛnʹti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² tai⁴
  - Yale: bún tàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² tei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/

Noun

本題

subject under discussion; point at issue; this topic

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	題
ほん Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんだい [hòńdáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hõ̞nda̠i]

Noun

本(ほん)題(だい) • (hondai)

main subject; main topic

Derived terms

本(ほん)題(だい)に入(はい)る (hondai ni hairu, “to get down to business”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN