Taiwan Mandarin

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本位

běnwèi·ㄅㄣˇ ㄨㄟˋ

“standard; benchmark (as in gold standard); one's own department or unit; central reference point; fundamental frame of reference”

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Root or trunk of a plant; origin or source of something; basis; capital or principal; classifier for books or periodicals; this; current.

Position; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); rank or status; (physics) potential; a standard or criterion.