匍匐

Chinese

simp. and trad. (匍匐)		匍	匐
alternative forms		匍伏 扶伏 扶服 扶匐 蒲伏 匍伏 扶伏 扶服 扶匐 蒲伏 蒲服

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): púfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ fuk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-ho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: púfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: púfú
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-fu²
    • Yale: pú-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwufwu
    • Palladius: пуфу (pufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ fuk⁶
    • Yale: pòuh fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ fʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phôo-ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pho'hok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bu bjuwk

Rime
Character	匍	匐
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	薄胡切	房六切
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuo/	/bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou4	fuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa  [b]ək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baː  bɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匍	匐
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pú	fú
Middle Chinese	‹ bu ›	‹ bjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁa/	/*[b]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. *[t] 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	匍	匐
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	3436	3406
Phonetic component	甫	畐
Rime group	魚	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	酺	伏
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):

Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to crawl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		爬, 爬行, 匍匐
Mandarin	Beijing	爬
	Taiwan	爬
	Jinan	爬
	Xi'an	爬
	Wuhan	爬
	Chengdu	爬
	Yangzhou	爬
	Hefei	爬
	Singapore	爬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躝, 爬
	Hong Kong	躝, 爬
	Dongguan	沿, 爬
	Yangjiang	爬
Gan	Nanchang	爬
Hakka	Meixian	爬
Jin	Taiyuan	爬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	爬啦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	爬
Southern Min	Xiamen	爬
	Quanzhou	爬
	Zhangzhou	爬
	Tainan	爬
	Penang (Hokkien)	爬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爬
	Chaozhou	爬
	Shantou	爬
Wu	Shanghai	𨂝, 爬
	Suzhou	爬, 𨂝
	Wenzhou	爬
Xiang	Changsha	爬
	Shuangfeng	𱗄