老本

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation;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. (老本)		老	本

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoběn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ bun²
Min Nan (POJ): láu-pún / lāu-pún / lǎu-pńg

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎoběn [Phonetic: láoběn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobeen
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ bun²
  - Yale: lóuh bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ bun²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ puːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-pún
  - Tâi-lô: láu-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'puon
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pún
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxpuon
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ pun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-pńg
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-pńg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

老本

capital; assets; savings
(figuratively) reputation; merit
old edition of a book
(of tree) trunk

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