奔走

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave
simp. and trad. (奔走)		奔	走

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēnzǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ ㄗㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ zau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pûn-chéu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phun-cháu / pun-cháu / pun-chó / phun-chó / pun-chó͘ / phun-chó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēnzǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ ㄗㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: benzǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pên¹-tsou³
    • Yale: bēn-dzǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bentzoou
    • Palladius: бэньцзоу (bɛnʹczou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ zau²
    • Yale: bān jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pûn-chéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun´ zeu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun¹ zeu³
    • Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴ t͡seu̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-cháu
    • Tâi-lô: phun-tsáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunzao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³ t͡sau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-cháu
    • Tâi-lô: pun-tsáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punzao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ t͡sau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chó
    • Tâi-lô: pun-tsó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punzoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-chó
    • Tâi-lô: phun-tsó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunzoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³ t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pun-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punzor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phun-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunzor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/

Verb

奔走

1. to walk quickly; to run
2. to run around trying to get things done

Synonyms

• (to walk quickly): (literary) 促步 (cùbù), (formal) 急步 (jíbù), 快走 (kuàizǒu)
• (to run around):

• 奔忙 (bēnmáng)
• 奔波 (bēnbō)
• 走傱／走𰁧 (Hokkien)
• 走踖 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 奔走呼號／奔走呼号 (bēnzǒuhūháo)
• 奔走相告 (bēnzǒuxiānggào)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奔	走
ほん Grade: S	そう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

奔(ほん)走(そう) • (honsō) 

1. making efforts, busying oneself
2. running about

Verb

奔(ほん)走(そう)する • (honsō suru) suru (stem 奔(ほん)走(そう)し (honsō shi), past 奔(ほん)走(そう)した (honsō shita))

1. make efforts, busy oneself
2. run about

Conjugation

Conjugation of "奔走する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	奔走し	ほんそうし	honsō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	奔走し	ほんそうし	honsō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	奔走する	ほんそうする	honsō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	奔走する	ほんそうする	honsō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	奔走すれ	ほんそうすれ	honsō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	奔走せよ¹ 奔走しろ²	ほんそうせよ¹ ほんそうしろ²	honsō seyo¹ honsō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	奔走される	ほんそうされる	honsō sareru
Causative	奔走させる 奔走さす	ほんそうさせる ほんそうさす	honsō saseru honsō sasu
Potential	奔走できる	ほんそうできる	honsō dekiru
Volitional	奔走しよう	ほんそうしよう	honsō shiyō
Negative	奔走しない	ほんそうしない	honsō shinai
Negative continuative	奔走せず	ほんそうせず	honsō sezu
Formal	奔走します	ほんそうします	honsō shimasu
Perfective	奔走した	ほんそうした	honsō shita
Conjunctive	奔走して	ほんそうして	honsō shite
Hypothetical conditional	奔走すれば	ほんそうすれば	honsō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative