粵

本bun2金gam1

bun2 gam1běn jīn

English

  1. capital
  2. principal
  3. capital
  4. principal

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 做生意或者投資嘅資金。
  2. 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

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