本能

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (本能)		本	能
simp. ^#(本能)		本	能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnnéng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² nang⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pún-nèn

(Hailu, HRS): bun^ˊ nen
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bong³ neng² / buong³ neng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pún-nn̂g / pún-lêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bung² lêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnnéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnnéng
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-nêng²
  - Yale: běn-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenneng
  - Palladius: бэньнэн (bɛnʹnɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² nang⁴
  - Yale: bún nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-nèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˋ nen^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ nen²
  - Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ nen¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˊ nen
  - Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴⁻³³ nen⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bong³ neng² [Phonetic: bong² neng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beông-néng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ nɛŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buong³ neng² [Phonetic: buong¹ neng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ³³²⁻⁵⁵ nɛŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-nn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: pún-nn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwnnngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: pún-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwnleeng
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bung² lêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: púng lêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

本能

instinct
動物本能／动物本能 ― dòngwù běnnéng ― animal instinct

Adjective

本能

(attributive) instinctive
本能反應／本能反应 ― běnnéng fǎnyìng ― instinctive reaction

Adverb

本能

unconsciously; subconsciously

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	能
ほん Grade: 1	のう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほんのー [hóꜜǹnòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) ほんのー [hòńnóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hõ̞nːo̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)能(のう) • (honnō)

an instinct
熊(くま)から本(ほん)能(のう)で逃(に)げた。
Kuma kara honnō de nigeta.
I escaped from the bear by instinct.
- 2007 July 13, “猫(ねこ)族(ぞく)の戦(せん)士(し)ミリー [Mirri, Cat Warrior]”, in 基本セット　第１０版 [Core Set: 10th Edition], Wizards of the Coast:
  
  美(び)と優(ゆう)雅(が)さに満(み)ち、捕(ほ)食(しょく)者(しゃ)の本(ほん)能(のう)も持(も)ち……ミリーはさまざまな場(ば)所(しょ)に行(い)きますが、私(わたし)はラノワールが一(いち)番(ばん)合(あ)っていると思(おも)っています。
  ――ラノワールの使(し)者(しゃ)ロフェロス
  Bi to yūgasa ni michi, hoshokusha no honnō mo mochi…… Mirī wa samazama na basho ni ikimasu ga, watashi wa Ranowāru ga ichiban atteiru to omotte imasu.
  ――Ranowāru no shisha Roferosu
  “Full of beauty and grace, with a predator’s instincts... Although she wanders, I have always thought Mirri belongs in Llanowar most of all.”
  ―Rofellos, Llanowar emissary

Derived terms

本(ほん)能(のう)的(てき) (honnōteki)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	能

Noun

本能 • (bonneung) (hangeul 본능)

hanja form^? of 본능 (“instinct”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
本	能

Noun

本能

chữ Hán form of bản năng (“instinct”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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