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Chinese
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flee; abscond; owe
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to escape; to run away; to flee
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| trad. (逋逃)
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逋
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逃
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| simp. #(逋逃)
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逋
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逃
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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逃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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táo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ daw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lˁaw/
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| English
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flee
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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逋
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逃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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3410
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16845
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Phonetic
component
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甫
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兆
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Rime
group
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魚
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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逋
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陶
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Old
Chinese
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/*paː/
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/*l'aːw/
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Verb
逋逃
- (literary) to flee; to abscond
馬牛其風，臣妾逋逃，勿敢越逐。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
马牛其风，臣妾逋逃，勿敢越逐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Mǎ niú qí fēng, chénqiè būtáo, wù gǎn yuè zhú.
- When the horses or cattle are seeking one another, or when your followers, male or female, abscond, presume not to leave the ranks to pursue them.
Synonyms
- 亡命 (wángmìng)
- 出亡 (chūwáng) (literary)
- 出奔 (chūbēn)
- 散亡 (sànwáng)
- 流亡 (liúwáng)
- 竄 / 窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 走反 (Hokkien, from war)
- 逃亡 (táowáng)
- 逃荒 (táohuāng) (from famine)
- 逃難 / 逃难 (táonàn) (from a disaster)
- 避難 / 避难 (bìnàn)
Noun
逋逃
- (literary) fugitive
乃惟四方之多罪逋逃，是崇是長，是信是使，是以為大夫卿士。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
乃惟四方之多罪逋逃，是崇是长，是信是使，是以为大夫卿士。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Nǎi wéi sìfāng zhī duōzuì būtáo, shì chóng shì zhǎng, shì xìn shì shǐ, shì yǐwéi dàfū qīngshì.
- They are only the fugitives from all quarters, loaded with crimes, whom he honours and exalts, whom he employs and trusts, making them great officers and high nobles.
Synonyms
- 亡人 (wángrén) (literary)
- 流亡者 (liúwángzhě)
- 逃亡者 (táowángzhě)
- 逋客 (būkè) (literary)
Derived terms