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
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phù-phe̍t

(Hailu, HRS): pu ped^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bou² horh⁷
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-ho̍k

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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù-phe̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu^ˇ ped
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu² ped⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹ pʰet̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu ped^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ pʰet²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bou² horh⁷ [Phonetic: bou⁵ horh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bó-ho̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu¹³⁻¹¹ hɒʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bou² horh⁷ [Phonetic: bou⁵ horh⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu²⁴⁻²¹ hɒʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: phôo-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pho'hok
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/

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/
Bernhard 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

to crawl; to creep
to lie prostrate
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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	爬
	Taiwan	爬
	Singapore	爬
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	爬
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	爬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	爬
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	爬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	爬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	爬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躝, 爬
	Hong Kong	躝, 爬
	Dongguan	沿, 爬
	Yangjiang	爬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	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
	Singapore (Hainanese)	爬
Wu	Shanghai	𨂝, 爬
	Suzhou	爬, 𨂝
	Wenzhou	爬
Xiang	Changsha	爬
Xiang	Shuangfeng	𱗄

References

“匍匐”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.