# 本事
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): běnshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^2$ si$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-sū / pún-sīr
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pen-zy$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: běnshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: běnshìh
*** Wade–Giles: pên$^3$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: běn-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshyh
*** Palladius: бэньши (bɛnʹši)
*** Sinological IPA : /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$本事 本市 本是
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^2$ si$^6$
*** Yale: bún sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^2$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^2$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³⁵ siː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sū
*** Tâi-lô: pún-sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pwnsu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sīr
*** Tâi-lô: pún-sīr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$pen-zy$_6$
*** MiniDict: pen$^去$ zy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$pen-zr$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

#### Noun

本事
* original story; source material (of a literary work)
* this matter

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): běnshi
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄕ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^2$ si$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pún-sṳ
    (Hailu, HRS): bun$^ˊ$ sii$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bun$^3$ si$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): beng$^2$ si$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): buōng-sê̤ṳ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): buang$^3$ su$^5$ / buang$^3$ so$^5$ / buong$^3$ su$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pún-sū / pún-sīr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bung$^2$ se$^7$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$pen-zy$_6$ / $^3$pen-zy$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: běnshi
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ˙ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: běnshi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: pên$^3$-shih$^5$
*** Yale: běn-shr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: been.shy
*** Palladius: бэньши (bɛnʹši)
*** Sinological IPA : /pən²¹⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^2$ si$^6$
*** Yale: bún sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^2$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^2$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³⁵ siː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: bun$^ˋ$ sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bun$^3$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bun$^ˊ$ sii$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴⁻³³ sɨ³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bun$^3$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ sz̩⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: beng$^2$ si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pəŋ⁵³ sz̩⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: buōng-sê̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /puoŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$nøy²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: buang$^3$ su$^5$ [Phonetic: buang$^2$ nu$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /puaŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ $^{(ɬ-)}$nu²¹/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: buang$^3$ so$^5$ [Phonetic: buang$^2$ no$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /puaŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ $^{(ɬ-)}$no²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: buong$^3$ su$^5$ [Phonetic: buong$^2$ nu$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /puoŋ³³²⁻¹³ $^{(ɬ-)}$nu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sū
*** Tâi-lô: pún-sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pwnsu
*** IPA (Singapore): /pun⁴²⁻²⁴ su²²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sīr
*** Tâi-lô: pún-sīr
*** IPA (Singapore): /pun⁴²⁻²⁴ sɯ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bung$^2$ se$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng sṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sɯ¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$pen-zy$_6$
*** MiniDict: pen$^去$ zy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$pen-zr$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ zz̩⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^3$pen-zy$_6$
*** MiniDict: pen$^上$ zy$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pən⁵² zz̩¹¹/

#### Noun

本事
* skill; ability
       nei$^5$ jau$^5$ bun$^2$ si$^6$ ge$^3$ waa$^{6-2}$ zau$^6$ zou$^6$ bei$^2$ ngo$^5$ tai$^2$! [Jyutping]
       If you think you can do it, then show me.

##### Synonyms

* 一手
* 人才 (réncái)
* 伎倆 / 伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
* 俊才 (jùncái)
* 兩手 / 两手 (liǎngshǒu)
* 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 力量 (lìliàng)
* 功力 (gōnglì)
* 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
* 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
* 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
* 才力 (cáilì)
* 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
* 才幹 / 才干 (cáigàn)
* 才情 (cáiqíng)
* 手段 (shǒuduàn)
* 手法 (shǒufǎ)
* 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
* 才能 (cáinéng)
* 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
* 手腕子 (shou$^3$ onn$^3$ zr) (Xiang)
* 才華 / 才华 (cáihuá)
* 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
* 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
* 技能 (jìnéng)
* 技藝 / 技艺 (jìyì)
* 技術 / 技术 (jìshù)
* 招數 / 招数 (zhāoshù)
* 本領 / 本领 (běnlǐng)
* 材幹 / 材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
* 能力 (nénglì)
* 能為 / 能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
* 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
* 能量 (néngliàng)
* 花頭 / 花头 (Wu)
* 著數 / 着数
* 解數 / 解数
* 資力 / 资力 (zīlì)
* 路數 / 路数 (lùshù)
* 身手 (shēnshǒu)
* 道行

### Pronunciation 3

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bun$^2$ si$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bon$^2$ lhu$^{5*}$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^2$ si$^6$
*** Yale: bún sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^2$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^2$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³⁵ siː²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bon$^2$ lhu$^{5*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /pᵘɔn⁵⁵ ɬu³²⁻³²⁵/

#### Adjective

本事
* (Cantonese) capable

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “本事”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 68.