"本義" meaning in All languages combined

See 本義 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /puːn³⁵ jiː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/, /puːn³⁵ jiː²²/ Chinese transliterations: běnyì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄣˇ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bun² ji⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], běnyì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄣˇ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], běnyì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pên³-i⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], běn-yì [Mandarin, Yale, standard], beenyih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], бэньи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bɛnʹi [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bún yih [Cantonese, Yale], bun² ji⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bun² yi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 本义
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 本義
  1. (semantics) original meaning Related terms: 引申義 (yǐnshēnyì), 引申义 (yǐnshēnyì)
    Sense id: en-本義-zh-noun-VavweSuj Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Semantics, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 87 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 5 6 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: 本義 [canonical] (ruby: (ほん), ()), hongi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほんぎ}} 本(ほん)義(ぎ) • (hongi)
  1. true meaning; underlying principle
    Sense id: en-本義-ja-noun-qkR4QG8e
  2. (semantics) original meaning
    Sense id: en-本義-ja-noun-VavweSuj Categories (other): Semantics, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 73 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 24 76 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 原意 (gen'i) (ruby: 原意(げんい)), 原義 (gengi) (ruby: 原義(げんぎ))
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      ]
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      "args": {
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Semantics",
          "orig": "zh:Semantics",
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        },
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        },
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          "_dis": "89 5 6",
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-本義-zh-noun-VavweSuj",
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        [
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          "original",
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      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "yǐnshēnyì",
          "word": "引申義"
        },
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          "roman": "yǐnshēnyì",
          "word": "引申义"
        }
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ]
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnyì"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pên³-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běn-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beenyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэньи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛnʹi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bún yih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³⁵ jiː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³⁵ jiː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "本義"
}

{
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    {
      "form": "本義",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "本",
          "ほん"
        ],
        [
          "義",
          "ぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hongi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "true meaning; underlying principle"
      ],
      "id": "en-本義-ja-noun-qkR4QG8e"
    },
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          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Semantics",
          "orig": "ja:Semantics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "24 76",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        ]
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        "(semantics) original meaning"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ]
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gen'i",
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          "原意",
          "げんい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "原意"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gengi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "原義",
          "げんぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "原義"
    }
  ],
  "word": "本義"
}
{
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "form": "本义",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      "roman": "yǐnshēnyì",
      "word": "引申義"
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      "roman": "yǐnshēnyì",
      "word": "引申义"
    }
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        "Cantonese nouns",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 本",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 義",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:Semantics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "original meaning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semantics",
          "semantics"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ]
      ],
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        "(semantics) original meaning"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pên³-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běn-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beenyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэньи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛnʹi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bún yih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun² yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³⁵ jiː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³⁵ jiː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "本義"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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        ],
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      ]
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "true meaning; underlying principle"
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    },
    {
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          "原義",
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        ]
      ],
      "word": "原義"
    }
  ],
  "word": "本義"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 本義 meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)

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