匍匐

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Chinese

simp. and trad.
(匍匐)
alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (23) (4)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter bu bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/buo/ /bɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/buo/ /biuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/bo/ /biuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bɔ/ /buwk̚/
Li
Rong
/bo/ /biuk̚/
Wang
Li
/bu/ /bĭuk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱuo/ /bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pou4 fuk6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ bu › ‹ bjuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁa/ /*ək/
English crawl crawl (bu.bjuwk)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 3436 3406
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*baː/ /*bɯɡ/

Verb

匍匐

  1. to crawl; to creep
  2. to lie prostrate
  3. to trail; to creep (of plants)

Synonyms

  • (to crawl):