回本

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (回本)		回	本

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíběn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ bun²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hôe-pún

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁵ bung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíběn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéiběn
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-pên³
  - Yale: hwéi-běn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweibeen
  - Palladius: хуэйбэнь (xuejbɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíběnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄣˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéiběnr
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-pên³-ʼrh
  - Yale: hwéi-běnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweibeel
  - Palladius: хуэйбэньр (xuejbɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ bun²
  - Yale: wùih bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ bun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ puːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-pún
  - Tâi-lô: huê-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'puon
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² pun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ pun⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê⁵ bung²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huê púng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ puŋ⁵²/

Verb

回本

to get back money that has been invested
你只需要先投資50塊，然後很快就可以回本了。 [MSC, trad.]
你只需要先投资50块，然后很快就可以回本了。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ zhǐ xūyào xiān tóuzī wǔshí kuài, ránhòu hěn kuài jiù kěyǐ huíběn le. [Pinyin]
You only need an initial investment of 50 dollars, and you can get that back very quickly.