奔馳

See also: 奔驰

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	run fast; speed; spread run fast; speed; spread; gallop
trad. (奔馳)		奔	馳
simp. (奔驰)		奔	驰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēnchí

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ci⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pun-tî / phun-tî

(Teochew, Peng'im): bung¹ ci⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēnchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣㄔˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: benchíh
  - Wade–Giles: pên¹-chʻih²
  - Yale: bēn-chŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benchyr
  - Palladius: бэньчи (bɛnʹči)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹ ci⁴
  - Yale: bān chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-tî
  - Tâi-lô: pun-tî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pundii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ ti²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-tî
  - Tâi-lô: phun-tî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phundii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bung¹ ci⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pung tshî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰi⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Verb

奔馳

(of cars, horses, etc.) to run quickly; to speed; to gallop

Synonyms

奔騰 / 奔腾 (bēnténg) (of horses)
疾馳 / 疾驰 (jíchí) (literary)
飛奔 / 飞奔 (fēibēn) (literary)
飛馳 / 飞驰 (fēichí)
馳騁 / 驰骋 (chíchěng) (literary, of horses)
馳驅 / 驰驱 (chíqū) (literary, of horses)
馳驟 / 驰骤 (chízhòu) (literary, of horses)
騰 / 腾 (téng)

Derived terms

奔馳如電 / 奔驰如电
奔馳如雷 / 奔驰如雷

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of German Benz.

Proper noun

奔馳

(Mainland China) Mercedes-Benz (brand and car)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奔馳 (“Mercedes-Benz”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奔馳 Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	賓士
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	賓士
Cantonese	Hong Kong	平治 formal, Benz