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治本

治本

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	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. (治本)		治	本

Verb

治本

to take radical measures; to effect a permanent cure; to get at the root (of a problem, etc.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhìběn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ bun²
Min Nan (POJ): tǐ-pún / tī-pún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhìběn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhbeen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ bun²
  - Yale: jih bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ bun²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² puːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ-pún
  - Tâi-lô: tǐ-pún
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²² pun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-pún
  - Tâi-lô: tī-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixpuon
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²²⁻²¹ pun⁵³/