奔喪

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	lose (by death); mourning; funeral
trad. (奔喪)		奔	喪
simp. (奔丧)		奔	丧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēnsāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ ㄙㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ song¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phun-song

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēnsāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ ㄙㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bensang
    • Wade–Giles: pên¹-sang¹
    • Yale: bēn-sāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bensang
    • Palladius: бэньсан (bɛnʹsan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ song¹
    • Yale: bān sōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ song¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ song¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-song
    • Tâi-lô: phun-song
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunsofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³ sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

奔⫽喪 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to hurry back (from a faraway place) for an older relative's funeral