正本清源

Chinese

		original; reserved copy
trad. (正本清源)		正本	清源
simp. #(正本清源)		正本	清源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngběnqīngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ bun² cing¹ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàⁿ-pún-chheng-goân

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• 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/
• 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/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyengH pwonX tshjeng ngjwon

Rime
Character	正	本	清	源
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	幫 (1)	清 (14)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	魂 (55)	清 (121)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III	III
Fanqie	之盛切	布忖切	七情切	愚袁切
Baxter	tsyengH	pwonX	tshjeng	ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇŋH/	/puənX/	/t͡sʰiᴇŋ/	/ŋʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/	/puonX/	/t͡sʰiɛŋ/	/ŋʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiæŋH/	/puənX/	/t͡sʰiæŋ/	/ŋiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciajŋH/	/pwənX/	/t͡sʰiajŋ/	/ŋuan/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/	/puənX/	/t͡sʰiɛŋ/	/ŋiuɐn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛŋH/	/puənX/	/t͡sʰĭɛŋ/	/ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/	/puənX/	/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋ/	/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèng	běn	qīng	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing3	bun2	cing1	jyun4

Idiom

正本清源

1. to radically reform; to thoroughly overhaul

   正本清源的措施  ―  zhèngběnqīngyuán de cuòshī  ―  measures for thorough-going reform

2. to clarify matters and get to the bottom of things