本心

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (本心)		本	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: běnxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshin
  - IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² sam¹
  - Yale: bún sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² sem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

本心

one’s initial intention; original idea; true feelings; aspiration; purpose; goal
conscience

Synonyms

(initial intention):

初心 (chūxīn)
初衷 (chūzhōng)

初衷 (chūzhōng)
本意 (běnyì)

(conscience): 良心 (liángxīn), 良知 (liángzhī), 天良 (tiānliáng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	心
ほん Grade: 1	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほんしん [hóꜜǹshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- (Tokyo) ほんしん [hòńshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

本心 (hiragana ほんしん, rōmaji honshin)

true feelings

See also

本 (ほん)音 (ね) (honne)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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