蓬勃

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Chinese

(grass); disheveled
flourishing; prosperous; suddenly
flourishing; prosperous; suddenly; abruptly
 
trad. (蓬勃)
simp. #(蓬勃)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (1) (56)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter buwng bwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/buŋ/ /buət̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/buŋ/ /buot̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/buŋ/ /buət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bəwŋ/ /bwət̚/
Li
Rong
/buŋ/ /buət̚/
Wang
Li
/buŋ/ /buət̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱuŋ/ /bʱuət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
péng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pung4 but6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ bwot ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁut/
English confused

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 1/1
No. 3216 974
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*boːŋ/ /*bɯːd/

Adjective

蓬勃

  1. prosperous; flourishing; thriving

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