熊本

Chinese

		bear; to scold; to rebuke	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (熊本)		熊	本
simp. ^#(熊本)		熊	本

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 熊本(くまもと) (Kumamoto).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xióngběn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ bun²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hîm-pún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xióngběn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Syóngběn
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiung²-pên³
  - Yale: Syúng-běn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyongbeen
  - Palladius: Сюнбэнь (Sjunbɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ bun²
  - Yale: hùhng bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ bun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ puːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hîm-pún
  - Tâi-lô: Hîm-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: himpuon
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /him²³⁻³³ pun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /him²⁴⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/

Proper noun

熊本

(～縣) Kumamoto (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
(～市) Kumamoto (the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
熊	本
くま Grade: 4	もと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くまもと [kùmámótó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ma̠mo̞to̞]

Proper noun

熊(くま)本(もと) • (Kumamoto)

Kumamoto (the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)
Kumamoto (a prefecture in southwestern Kyushu, Japan)
a surname

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN