下本

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (下本)		下	本

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàběn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bun²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hě-pńg / hē-pún / hēe-pún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàběn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàběn
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pên³
  - Yale: syà-běn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbeen
  - Palladius: сябэнь (sjabɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ bun²
  - Yale: hah bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² puːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hě-pńg
  - Tâi-lô: hě-pńg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /he²² pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-pún
  - Tâi-lô: hē-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hexpuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ pun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-pún
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-pún
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/

Verb

下本

to invest capital; to put in capital

Noun

下本

(Taiwanese Hokkien) capital

Synonyms

條件 / 条件 (tiáojiàn)
泉幣 / 泉币 (quánbì) (literary)
物質條件 / 物质条件 (wùzhì tiáojiàn)
產業 / 产业 (chǎnyè)
財富 / 财富 (cáifù)
財帛 / 财帛 (cáibó) (dated)
財物 / 财物 (cáiwù)
財產 / 财产 (cáichǎn)
財貝 / 财贝 (Dungan)
財貨 / 财货 (cáihuò)
貨幣 / 货币 (huòbì)
資本 / 资本 (zīběn)
資源 / 资源 (zīyuán) (slang)
資金 / 资金 (zījīn)
金錢 / 金钱 (jīnqián)
銀彈 / 银弹 (yíndàn) (figurative)
銀錢 / 银钱 (yínqián)
錢幣 / 钱币 (qiánbì)
錢眼 / 钱眼 (qiányǎn) (figurative)
錢財 / 钱财 (qiáncái)

Japanese

Etymology

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Proper noun

下本(したもと) • (Shitamoto)

a surname