"本末" meaning in All languages combined

See 本末 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /puːn³⁵ muːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/, /puːn³⁵ muːt̚²/ Chinese transliterations: běnmò [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bun² mut⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], běnmò [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], běnmò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pên³-mo⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], běn-mwò [Mandarin, Yale], beenmoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бэньмо [Mandarin, Palladius], bɛnʹmo [Mandarin, Palladius], bún muht [Cantonese, Yale], bun² mut⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bun² mud⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 本末
  1. (literally) root or trunk of a tree and the branches Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-本末-zh-noun-cTRUY42o
  2. (figuratively) the fundamental and the incidental Tags: figuratively Synonyms (the fundamental and the incidental): 主次 (zhǔcì)
    Sense id: en-本末-zh-noun-B9HKSKYg Disambiguation of 'the fundamental and the incidental': 0 97 3
  3. (figuratively) ins and outs; the whole story Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-本末-zh-noun-EZkEnKCj Categories (other): Chinese antonymous compounds, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese antonymous compounds: 5 7 88 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 6 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 事情經過 (shìqíng jīngguò), 事情经过 (shìqíng jīngguò), 事由 (shìyóu), 原委 (yuánwěi), 委曲 (wěiqū), 始末 (shǐmò), 究竟 (jiūjìng), 經過 (jīngguò), 经过 (jīngguò) Derived forms: 本末不稱, 本末不称, 本末倒置 (běnmòdàozhì), 本末有序, 本末舛逆, 本末顛倒 (běnmòdiāndǎo), 本末颠倒 (běnmòdiāndǎo) Related terms: 樹根 (shùgēn), 树根 (shùgēn), 樹梢 (shùshāo), 树梢 (shùshāo)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "běnmòdàozhì",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "本末有序"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "本末舛逆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "běnmòdiāndǎo",
      "word": "本末顛倒"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "zh-pron": "běnmò"
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² mut⁶"
    },
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "běnmò"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnmò"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pên³-mo⁴"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běn-mwò"
    },
    {
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beenmoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэньмо"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛnʹmo"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bún muht"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² mut⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² mud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³⁵ muːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³⁵ muːt̚²/"
    }
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      "roman": "shìqíng jīngguò",
      "word": "事情經過"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìqíng jīngguò",
      "word": "事情经过"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìyóu",
      "word": "事由"
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      "roman": "yuánwěi",
      "word": "原委"
    },
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      "roman": "wěiqū",
      "word": "委曲"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shǐmò",
      "word": "始末"
    },
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      "roman": "jiūjìng",
      "word": "究竟"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "jīngguò",
      "word": "經過"
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      "roman": "jīngguò",
      "word": "经过"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 末",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 本",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "word": "本末不稱"
    },
    {
      "word": "本末不称"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běnmòdàozhì",
      "word": "本末倒置"
    },
    {
      "word": "本末有序"
    },
    {
      "word": "本末舛逆"
    },
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      "roman": "běnmòdiāndǎo",
      "word": "本末顛倒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běnmòdiāndǎo",
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      "roman": "shùgēn",
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    },
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      "roman": "shùshāo",
      "word": "樹梢"
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            "MSC",
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      "zh-pron": "běnmò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² mut⁶"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "běnmò"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "běnmò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pên³-mo⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běn-mwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beenmoh"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэньмо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛnʹmo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bún muht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² mut⁹"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² mud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³⁵ muːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³⁵ muːt̚²/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "zhǔcì",
      "sense": "the fundamental and the incidental",
      "word": "主次"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìqíng jīngguò",
      "word": "事情經過"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìqíng jīngguò",
      "word": "事情经过"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìyóu",
      "word": "事由"
    },
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      "word": "原委"
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      "roman": "wěiqū",
      "word": "委曲"
    },
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      "roman": "shǐmò",
      "word": "始末"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiūjìng",
      "word": "究竟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngguò",
      "word": "經過"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngguò",
      "word": "经过"
    }
  ],
  "word": "本末"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 本末 meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)

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