奔波

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	wave; (Cantonese) ball
simp. and trad. (奔波)		奔	波

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēnbō

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ ㄅㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ bo¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phun-po / pun-po / phun-pho / pun-pho

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹ bo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēnbō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: benbo
    • Wade–Giles: pên¹-po¹
    • Yale: bēn-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benbo
    • Palladius: бэньбо (bɛnʹbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ bo¹
    • Yale: bān bō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ bo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ bo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ pɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-po
    • Tâi-lô: phun-po
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunpoy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² po⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-po
    • Tâi-lô: pun-po
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punpoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² po⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-pho
    • Tâi-lô: phun-pho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunphoy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³ pʰo³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-pho
    • Tâi-lô: pun-pho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punphoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ pʰo³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pung¹ bo¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phung po
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ³³⁻²³ po³³/

Verb

奔波

1. to rush about; to be rushed off one's feet; to shuttle back and forth

Synonyms

• 奔忙 (bēnmáng)
• 奔走 (bēnzǒu)
• 走傱／走𰁧 (Hokkien)
• 走踖 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 奔波勞碌／奔波劳碌