# 本子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): běnzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^2$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: běnzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: běnzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: pên$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: běn-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: been.tzy
*** Palladius: бэньцзы (bɛnʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /pən²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: bún jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^2$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$本子 本旨

### Noun

本子
* book
* notebook (book in which notes are written)
* edition (work published by a certain editor or in a certain manner)
* (colloquial) identification; identity document; credential; papers; ID card
* (derogatory, slang, Mainland China) Jap
* (ACG, neologism) doujinshi (especially pornographic)
* (literary) tree trunk
    From: Feng Menglong, Stories Old and New, 1620 CE
    Tā xiǎngzhe: “Dàshù běnzi shàng, yǒu jǐge gēda, hǎo jiè jiǎolì.” [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (book):
* 冊／册 (cè) (as a classifier, or Classical Chinese)
* 冊子／册子 (cèzi)
* 卷 (juàn)
* 圖書／图书 (túshū) (as a collective term)
* 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
* 文曲 (wénqǔ) (Classical Chinese)
* 文章 (wénzhāng)
* 書／书 (shū)
* 書冊／书册 (shūcè) (dated or Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)
* 書卷／书卷 (shūjuàn)
* 書本／书本 (shūběn) (as a collective term)
* 書籍／书籍 (shūjí) (as a collective term)
* 本 (běn) (as a classifier)
* 本本 (běnběn) (informal, diminutive)
* 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
* 簿 (bù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
* 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 籍 (jí) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
* 經籍／经籍 (jīngjí)
* 著 (zhù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
* 著作 (zhùzuò)
* 藝文／艺文 (yìwén)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 本子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 本兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 本子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 本子, 本本兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 本子, 本本兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 本子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 本子, 簿子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 本子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 簿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 簿 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 簿 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 簿仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 簿仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 簿仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 簿仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 簿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 簿仔, 簿 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 簿子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 本子, 本本 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 簿仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 簿簿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 簿仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 簿仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 簿仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 簿 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 簿子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 簿兒 |
| Wu | Changshan | 本子, 簿子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 本子, 簿子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 本子, 簿子 |
* (edition):
* 版本 (bǎnběn)
* (identification): 證件／证件 (zhèngjiàn)
* (Jap):
* 倭人 (wōrén) (literary)
* 倭夷 (literary)
* 倭奴 (pejorative)
* 倭子 (literary)
* 倭寇 (wōkòu) (pejorative)
* 日人 (Rìrén) (literary)
* 日本人 (rìběnrén)
* 日本鬼子 (Rìběn guǐzi) (pejorative)
* 東洋人／东洋人 (dōngyángrén) (dated)
* 東洋鬼子／东洋鬼子 (dōngyáng guǐzi) (pejorative)
* 東瀛人／东瀛人 (dōngyíngrén) (literary)
* 霓虹金 (níhóngjīn) (Internet slang)

#### Descendants

* → Guiqiong: pɛntsi (“notebook”)