蓬勃

Chinese

		(grass); disheveled	flourishing; prosperous; suddenly flourishing; prosperous; suddenly; abruptly
trad. (蓬勃)		蓬	勃
simp. #(蓬勃)		蓬	勃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péngbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pung⁴ but⁶, fung⁴ but⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phông-pu̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pong⁵ buag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péngbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péngbó
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng²-po²
    • Yale: péng-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perngbor
    • Palladius: пэнбо (pɛnbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pung⁴ but⁶, fung⁴ but⁶
    • Yale: pùhng buht, fùhng buht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pung⁴ but⁹, fung⁴ but⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pung⁴ bud⁶, fung⁴ bud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ²¹ puːt̚²/, /fʊŋ²¹ puːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phông-pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: phông-pu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phongput
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ¹³⁻²² put̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²³⁻³³ put̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pong⁵ buag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phông pua̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ puak̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: buwng bwot

Rime
Character	蓬	勃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	薄紅切	蒲没切
Baxter	buwng	bwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buŋ/	/buət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buŋ/	/buot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buŋ/	/buət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwŋ/	/bwət̚/
Li Rong	/buŋ/	/buət̚/
Wang Li	/buŋ/	/buət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuŋ/	/bʱuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pung4	but6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*boːŋ  bɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ bwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁut/
English	confused
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓬	勃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3216	974
Phonetic component	丰	孛
Rime group	東	物
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	蓬	勃
Old Chinese	/*boːŋ/	/*bɯːd/

Adjective

蓬勃

1. prosperous; flourishing; thriving

Synonyms

• 全盛 (quánshèng)
• 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
• 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
• 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
• 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
• 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
• 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
• 昌隆 (chānglóng)
• 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
• 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
• 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
• 火爆 (huǒbào)
• 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
• 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
• 繁盛 (fánshèng)
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
• 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
• 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
• 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
• 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
• 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
• 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

 

Antonyms

• 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
• 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 清淡 (qīngdàn)
• 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

 

Derived terms

• 朝氣蓬勃／朝气蓬勃 (zhāoqìpéngbó)
• 生氣蓬勃／生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)
• 蓬蓬勃勃 (péngpéngbóbó)