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正本清源
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Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zing3 bun2 cing1 jyun4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàⁿ-pún-chheng-goân
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngběnqīngyuán
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngběncingyuán
- Wade–Giles: chêng4-pên3-chʻing1-yüan2
- Yale: jèng-běn-chīng-ywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqbeenchingyuan
- Palladius: чжэнбэньцинъюань (čžɛnbɛnʹcinʺjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing3 bun2 cing1 jyun4
- Yale: jing bún chīng yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing3 bun2 tsing1 jyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: jing3 bun2 qing1 yun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ puːn³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-pún-chheng-goân
- Tâi-lô: tsiànn-pún-tshing-guân
- Phofsit Daibuun: cviarpwnzhenggoaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ ɡuan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: tsyengH pwonX tshjeng ngjwon
Idiom
正本清源
- to radically reform; to thoroughly overhaul
- to clarify matters and get to the bottom of things
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