本金
bun2 gam1běn jīn
English
- capital
- principal
- capital
- principal
粵語 — Cantonese
- 做生意或者投資嘅資金。
- 借俾人用嚟收利息嘅錢。
Examples
我本金和利息都沒了。
I have lost both principal and interest.
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我想用一百萬本金投資股票。
I want to put $1 million capital into stocks. ----
佢靠收息過世咋,睇佢幾時連啲本金都搣曬。
His life totally depends on the loan of his money, but I wonder how soon he will use it all up.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk