# 本質
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): běnzhì, běnzhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄓˋ, ㄅㄣˇ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^2$ zat$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-chṳt
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-chit
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pen-tseq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: běnzhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: běnjhìh
*** Wade–Giles: pên$^3$-chih$^4$
*** Yale: běn-jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenjyh
*** Palladius: бэньчжи (bɛnʹčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$本志 本質／本质
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: běnzhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: běnjhíh
*** Wade–Giles: pên$^3$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: běn-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenjyr
*** Palladius: бэньчжи (bɛnʹčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$本職／本职 本質／本质
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^2$ zat$^1$
*** Yale: bún jāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^2$ dzat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^2$ zed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-chṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: bun$^ˋ$ ziid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bun$^3$ zid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ t͡sɨt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-chit
*** Tâi-lô: pún-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pwncid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$pen-tseq
*** MiniDict: pen$^去$ tseh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$pen-tseq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ t͡səʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

本質
* character; nature; intrinsic quality; essence
    有本質的區別／有本质的区别 ― yǒu běnzhì de qūbié ― there are essential differences
       Wǒmen jiějué yīge wèntí bì xiān rènshi zhè ge wèntí de běnzhì. [Pinyin]
       To solve a problem we must first understand its nature.
* one's inherent nature

#### Synonyms

* (character):
* 實質／实质 (shízhì)
* 性質／性质 (xìngzhì)
* 本色
* 真態／真态 (zhēntài) (literary)
* 素質／素质 (sùzhì)
* 質／质
* (one's inherent nature):
* 天性 (tiānxìng)
* 常性 (chángxìng)
* 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
* 性子 (xìngzi)
* 性情 (xìngqíng)
* 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
* 本性 (běnxìng)
* 氣性／气性
* 率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
* 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
* 稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
* 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
* 素性 (sùxìng)
* 脾氣／脾气
* 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
* 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “character”): 現象／现象 (xiànxiàng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 本質(ほんしつ) (honshitsu)
* → Korean: 본질(本質) (bonjil)
* → Vietnamese: bản chất (本質)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 本 | 質 |
| ほん Grade: 1 | しつ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ほんしつ [hòńshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [hõ̞ɰ̃ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

### Noun

本(ほん)質(しつ) • (honshitsu)
* essence, nature (intrinsic quality)
    本質(ほんしつ)を突(つ)く
       honshitsu o tsuku
       get to the essence

#### Derived terms

* 本質的(ほんしつてき) (honshitsuteki, “essential”)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 本 | 質 |

### Noun

本質 • (bonjil) (hangeul 본질)
* hanja form of 본질 (“essence, nature (intrinsic quality)”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 本 | 質 |

### Noun

本質
* chữ Hán form of bản chất (“essence, nature (intrinsic quality)”).