奔奔

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Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope
simp. and trad. (奔奔)		奔	奔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēnbēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣㄅㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēnbēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣㄅㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: benben
  - Wade–Giles: pên¹-pên¹
  - Yale: bēn-bēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benben
  - Palladius: бэньбэнь (bɛnʹbɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ pən⁵⁵/

Verb

奔奔

(literary) (birds) run in a group; follow each other in pairs
- 鶉之奔奔，鵲之彊彊。人之無良，我以為兄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  鹑之奔奔，鹊之彊彊。人之无良，我以为兄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Chún zhī bēnbēn, què zhī jiāngjiāng. Rén zhī wú liáng, wǒ yǐ wéi xiōng.
  The quails run . The magpies fly . That man is not nice. I call him brother.

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