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): ㄅㄣㄅㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ bo¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phun-po / pun-po / phun-pho / pun-pho

(Teochew, Peng'im): pung¹ bo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēnbō
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣㄅㄛ
  - 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

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

奔波勞碌 / 奔波劳碌

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (奔波):

→ Vietnamese: bôn ba (奔波)