撲騰

See also: 扑腾

Chinese

		rush on	to soar; to gallop; to rise to soar; to gallop; to rise; to prance; to hover; to move out
trad. (撲騰)		撲	騰
simp. (扑腾)		扑	腾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pūténg

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨㄊㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³ tang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pūténg → pūteng (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨㄊㄥˊ → ㄆㄨ ˙ㄊㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pute̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu¹-tʻêng⁵
  - Yale: pū-teng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pu.terng
  - Palladius: путэн (putɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵/ → /pʰu⁵⁵ tʰɤŋ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pok³ tang⁴
  - Yale: pok tàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸ tang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pog³ teng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³ tʰɐŋ²¹/

Verb

撲騰

to pitter-patter; to throb; to palpitate
to flounder, to flop
to squander money
(dialectal) to hustle; to bustle
to keep the ball rolling