本來

See also: 本来

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	to come
trad. (本來)		本	來
simp. (本来)		本	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-lòi
• Eastern Min (BUC): buōng-lài
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pún-lâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung² lai⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵pen-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnlái
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-lai²
    • Yale: běn-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenlai
    • Palladius: бэньлай (bɛnʹlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² loi⁴
    • Yale: bún lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ loi̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buōng-lài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(l-)nˡai⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: pún-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnlaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai²³/
    • IPA (Penang): /pun⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ lai²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bung² lai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng lâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ lai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pen-le
    • MiniDict: pen^去 le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pen-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ le⁴⁴/

Adjective

本來

1. (attributive) original

Synonyms

• (attributive) 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 原始 (yuánshǐ)

Adverb

本來

1. originally; the original intent was that
2. it goes without saying; of course
3. inherently

Synonyms

• (originally):

• 一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
• 上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
• 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
• 先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
• 先頭／先头 (Wu)
• 最初 (zuìchū)
• 初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
• 原 (yuán)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 原先 (yuánxiān)
• 原初 (yuánchū)
• 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
• 原旦 (Hakka)
• 原本 (yuánběn)
• 原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
• 在本 (Hokkien)
• 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
• 寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
• 就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
• 本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
• 本底 (Hokkien)
• 本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
• 本成 (Hokkien)
• 本然 (Hokkien)
• 本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
• 當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自本 (Hokkien)
• 舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
• 起先 (qǐxiān)
• 起初 (qǐchū)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
• 開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
• 開初／开初 (kāichū)
• 頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
• 頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
• 頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 本來面目／本来面目

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	來
ほん Grade: 1	らい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

本(ほん)來(らい) • (honrai) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 本来 (“originally”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	來

Adverb

本來 • (bollae) (hangeul 본래)

1. Hanja form^? of 본래 (“originally”).

Noun

本來 • (bollae) (hangeul 본래)

1. Hanja form^? of 본래 (“origin”).