瀑布

Chinese

		waterfall; shower (rain)	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
simp. and trad. (瀑布)		瀑	布

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pùbù, bàobù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ, ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶ bou³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phau-pu / phu-pu / pau-phu
• Eastern Min (BUC): bŭk-buó
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pho̍k-pò͘ / po̍k-pò͘ / po̍k-phò͘ / phù-pú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pag⁸ bou³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸boq-pu; ⁶bau-pu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pùbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pùbù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: pù-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puhbuh
    • Palladius: пубу (pubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàobù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàobù
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: bàu-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawbuh
    • Palladius: баобу (baobu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

Note: bàobù - rare.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: buk⁶ bou³
    • Yale: buhk bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bug⁶ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚² pou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau-pu
    • Hakka Romanization System: pau bu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴ bu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵ pu⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu-pu / pau-phu
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu bu / bau pu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴ bu⁴ / bau⁴ pu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ pu⁵⁵/, /pau̯⁵⁵ pʰu⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bŭk-buó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puʔ⁵⁻²¹ puɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho̍k-pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: pho̍k-pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phogpox
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Tainan, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogpox
    • IPA (Lukang): /pɔk̚³⁵⁻² pɔ³¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /pɔk̚⁴⁻¹ pɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-phò͘
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-phòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogphox
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² pʰɔ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phù-pú
    • Tâi-lô: phù-pú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuo'puo
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pag⁸ bou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pha̍k pòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰak̚⁴⁻² pou²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸boq-pu; ⁶bau-pu
    • MiniDict: boh^入 pu; bau^去 pu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵boq-pu; ³bau-pu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boʔ¹¹ pu²³/, /bɔ²² pu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: buwk puH

Rime
Character	瀑	布
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	東 (3)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蒲木切	愽故切
Baxter	buwk	puH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buk̚/	/puoH/
Pan Wuyun	/buk̚/	/puoH/
Shao Rongfen	/buk̚/	/poH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwk̚/	/pɔH/
Li Rong	/buk̚/	/poH/
Wang Li	/buk̚/	/puH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuk̚/	/puoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bú	bù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	buk6	bou3

Noun

瀑布

1. waterfall (a flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Synonyms

• 跌水 (diēshuǐ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 瀑布 (“waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瀑布
Mandarin	Taiwan	瀑布
	Yangzhou	瀑布
Cantonese	Hong Kong	瀑布
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	水沖, 水寨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	水沖, 水寨, 瀑布, 白帶水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	水沖壙, 水沖, 水寨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	水沖, 水寨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瀑水龍, 水沖, 水寨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	水沖
Southern Min	Xiamen	瀑布
	Quanzhou	瀑布
	Zhangzhou	瀑布
	Taipei	瀑布
	Taipei (Wanhua)	瀑布
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	瀑布
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	水雙叉
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	漈, 瀑布
	Kaohsiung	水沖
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	瀑布, 水沖
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	瀑布
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	水沖
	Yilan	水沖
	Yilan (Toucheng)	水沖
	Changhua (Lukang)	瀑布, 瀑庫
	Taichung	瀑布, 瀧
	Taichung (Wuqi)	瀑布
	Tainan	瀑布, 水牆
	Tainan (Anping)	瀑布
	Taitung	瀑布
	Hsinchu	瀑布, 水沖, 瀧
	Penghu (Magong)	瀑布, 水牆
	Penghu (Xiyu)	瀑布
Wu	Shanghai	瀑布

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (瀑布):

• → Japanese: 瀑(ばく)布(ふ) (bakufu)
• → Korean: 폭포(瀑布) (pokpo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瀑	布
ばく Hyōgaiji	ふ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ば​くふ [báꜜkùfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɸɯ̟ᵝ]

• Homophone: 幕府

Noun

瀑(ばく)布(ふ) • (bakufu) 

1. waterfall, cataract, cascade

Korean

Hanja in this term
瀑	布

Noun

瀑布 • (pokpo) (hangeul 폭포)

1. Hanja form^? of 폭포 (“waterfall”).