本人
Chinese
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word) |
man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (本人) |
本 | 人 | |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 自己 (“oneself”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 己, 自己, 自家 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 自己 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 自個兒, 自己個兒, 各個兒 |
| Taiwan | 自己 | |
| Jinan | 自家, 自個兒 | |
| Xi'an | 自個兒, 自己個兒 | |
| Wuhan | 自家, 自己 | |
| Chengdu | 自家, 各人, 自己 | |
| Yangzhou | 自簡, 自己 | |
| Hefei | 自家 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 自己 |
| Hong Kong | 自己 | |
| Taishan | 自己, 家己 | |
| Yangjiang | 自己 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 自簡 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 自家 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 自家 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 自家 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 自家 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 自家 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 自家 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 自家 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 自家 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 自己, 自家 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 自己 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 自家 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 家己 |
| Quanzhou | 家己 | |
| Zhangzhou | 家己 | |
| Taipei | 家己 | |
| Kaohsiung | 家己 | |
| Tainan | 家己 | |
| Taichung | 家己 | |
| Hsinchu | 家己 | |
| Lukang | 家己 | |
| Sanxia | 家己 | |
| Yilan | 家己 | |
| Kinmen | 家己 | |
| Magong | 家己 | |
| Penang | 家己 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 家己 | |
| Chaozhou | 家己 | |
| Shantou | 家己 | |
| Haikou | 家己 | |
| Leizhou | 家己 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 自家 |
| Wenzhou | 自 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 自家 |
| Shuangfeng | 自家, 自己 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 本 | 人 |
| ほん Grade: 1 |
にん Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
Possibly from Middle Chinese, or composed in Japan of Sinitic elements: 本 (hon, “main; real; the one under discussion”) + 人 (nin, “person”). Compare modern Mandarin 本人 (běnrén).
Noun
本人 (hiragana ほんにん, rōmaji honnin)
- the person themselves, that person himself or herself
- the person in question, the relevant person, the person concerned
- the main person, the leader
- a ringleader, the lead instigator or conspirator
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