逋欠

Chinese

		flee; abscond; owe	deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
trad. (逋欠)		逋	欠
simp. #(逋欠)		逋	欠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): būqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: būqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: buciàn
    • Wade–Giles: pu¹-chʻien⁴
    • Yale: bū-chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchiann
    • Palladius: буцянь (bucjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pu khjaemH

Rime
Character	逋	欠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	博孤切	去劔切
Baxter	pu	khjaemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puo/	/kʰɨɐmH/
Pan Wuyun	/puo/	/kʰiɐmH/
Shao Rongfen	/po/	/kʰiɐmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɔ/	/kʰɨamH/
Li Rong	/po/	/kʰiɐmH/
Wang Li	/pu/	/kʰĭɐmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/puo/	/kʰi̯ɐmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bū	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou1	him3

Verb

逋欠

1. (literary) to default; to be behind in payment; to be in arrears

Synonyms

• 拖欠 (tuōqiàn)