奔奔

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope
simp. and trad. (奔奔)		奔	奔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēnbēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ ㄅㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēnbēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ ㄅㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: benben
    • Wade–Giles: pên¹-pên¹
    • Yale: bēn-bēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benben
    • Palladius: бэньбэнь (bɛnʹbɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ pən⁵⁵/

Verb

奔奔

1. (literary) (birds) run in a group; follow each other in pairs

   • 鶉之奔奔，鵲之彊彊。人之無良，我以為兄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鹑之奔奔，鹊之彊彊。人之无良，我以为兄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chún zhī bēnbēn, què zhī jiāngjiāng. Rén zhī wú liáng, wǒ yǐ wéi xiōng. [Pinyin]

     The quails run [in pairs]. The magpies fly [in pairs]. That man is not nice. I call him brother.

References

• 奔奔 in ZDIC