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Jyutping taap3 bun2
Pinyin tā běn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Hokkien, Mainland-China
    to make a rubbing
  2. verb, Taiwanese-Hokkien
    to lose money; to make a loss
    (syn.) 亏本, 了本, 蚀本, 赔本, 了大空, 打出本, 虧損, 虧本, 倒貼, 亏损, 贴本, 倒篷頭, 倒篷头, 蝕本, 貼本, 折本, 了錢, 了钱, 了去, 賠本