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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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彷
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彿
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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滂 (2)
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滂 (2)
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| Final (韻)
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陽 (106)
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物 (60)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Checked (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Closed
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
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妃兩切
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敷勿切
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| Baxter
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phjangX
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phjut
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/pʰʉɐŋX/
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/pʰɨut̚/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/pʰʷiɐŋX/
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/pʰiut̚/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/pʰiuɑŋX/
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/pʰiuət̚/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/pʰuaŋX/
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/pʰut̚/
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Li
Rong
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/pʰiuaŋX/
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/pʰiuət̚/
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Wang
Li
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/pʰĭwaŋX/
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/pʰĭuət̚/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/pʰiwaŋX/
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/pʰi̯uət̚/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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fǎng
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fu
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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fong2
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fat1
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Adverb
彷彿
- as if; as though
- similar to
Synonyms
- 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
- 似 (ci5) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
- 似乎 (sìhū)
- 似如 (si4 y2) (Xiang)
- 像 (xiàng)
- 像係／像系 (Hakka)
- 像是 (xiàngshì)
- 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
- 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
- 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
- 勝如／胜如 (5sen-zy) (Wu)
- 好似 (hǎosì)
- 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
- 如同 (rútóng)
- 好比 (hǎobǐ)
- 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
- 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
- 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
- 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
- 就像 (jiùxiàng)
- 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
- 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
- 恍若 (huǎngruò)
- 敢若 (Hokkien)
- 敢若是 (Hokkien)
- 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
- 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
- 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
- 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
- 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
- 甲像 (Hokkien)
- 甲像是 (Hokkien)
- 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
- 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
- 看似 (kànsì)
- 看來／看来 (kànlái)
- 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
- 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
- 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
- 若像 (Hokkien)
- 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
- 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
- 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 象 (xiàng)
- 貌似 (màosì)
- 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
- 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
- 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
- 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
- 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)
Japanese
Alternative forms
Noun
彷彿 • (hōfutsu)
- close resemblance
- a reminder of the past
Verb
彷彿する • (hōfutsu suru) suru (stem 彷彿し (hōfutsu shi), past 彷彿した (hōfutsu shita))
- be reminiscent of
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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彷彿し
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ほうふつし
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hōfutsu shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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彷彿し
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ほうふつし
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hōfutsu shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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彷彿する
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ほうふつする
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hōfutsu suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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彷彿する
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ほうふつする
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hōfutsu suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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彷彿すれ
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ほうふつすれ
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hōfutsu sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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彷彿せよ¹
彷彿しろ²
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ほうふつせよ¹
ほうふつしろ²
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hōfutsu seyo¹
hōfutsu shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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彷彿される
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ほうふつされる
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hōfutsu sareru
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| Causative
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彷彿させる
彷彿さす
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ほうふつさせる
ほうふつさす
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hōfutsu saseru
hōfutsu sasu
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| Potential
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彷彿できる
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ほうふつできる
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hōfutsu dekiru
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| Volitional
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彷彿しよう
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ほうふつしよう
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hōfutsu shiyō
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| Negative
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彷彿しない
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ほうふつしない
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hōfutsu shinai
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| Negative continuative
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彷彿せず
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ほうふつせず
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hōfutsu sezu
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| Formal
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彷彿します
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ほうふつします
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hōfutsu shimasu
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| Perfective
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彷彿した
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ほうふつした
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hōfutsu shita
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| Conjunctive
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彷彿して
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ほうふつして
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hōfutsu shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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彷彿すれば
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ほうふつすれば
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hōfutsu sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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