本末

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	end; final stage; latter part
simp. and trad. (本末)		本	末

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnmò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² mut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: běnmò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenmoh
  - IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² mut⁶
  - Yale: bún muht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² mut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² mud⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ muːt̚²/

Noun

本末

root or trunk of a tree and the branches
the fundamental and the incidental
ins and outs; the whole story

Derived terms

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／本末颠倒

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