奔走

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave
simp. and trad. (奔走)		奔	走

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēnzǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣㄗㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ zau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pûn-chéu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phun-cháu / pun-cháu / pun-chó / phun-chó / pun-chó͘ / phun-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēnzǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣㄗㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: benzǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pên¹-tsou³
  - Yale: bēn-dzǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bentzoou
  - Palladius: бэньцзоу (bɛnʹczou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹ zau²
  - Yale: bān jáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ dzau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ zeo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pûn-chéu
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun^ˊ zeu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun¹ zeu³
  - Sinological IPA: /pun²⁴ t͡seu̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-cháu
  - Tâi-lô: phun-tsáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phunzao
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³ t͡sau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-cháu
  - Tâi-lô: pun-tsáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: punzao
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ t͡sau⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chó
  - Tâi-lô: pun-tsó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: punzoir
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-chó
  - Tâi-lô: phun-tsó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phunzoir
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³ t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pun-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: punzor
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: phun-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phunzor
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/

Verb

奔走

to walk quickly; to run
to run around trying to get things done

Synonyms

(to walk quickly): (literary) 促步 (cùbù), (formal) 急步 (jíbù), 快走 (kuàizǒu)
(to run around):

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奔忙 (bēnmáng)
奔波
走傱 / 走𰁧 (Hokkien)
走踖 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

奔走呼號 / 奔走呼号 (bēnzǒuhūháo)
奔走相告 (bēnzǒuxiānggào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奔	走
ほん Grade: S	そう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

奔(ほん)走(そう) • (honsō)

making efforts, busying oneself
running about

Verb

奔(ほん)走(そう)する • (honsō suru) suru (stem 奔(ほん)走(そう)し (honsō shi), past 奔(ほん)走(そう)した (honsō shita))

make efforts, busy oneself
run about

Conjugation

Conjugation of "奔走する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	奔走し	ほんそうし	honsō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	奔走し	ほんそうし	honsō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	奔走する	ほんそうする	honsō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	奔走する	ほんそうする	honsō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	奔走すれ	ほんそうすれ	honsō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	奔走せよ¹ 奔走しろ²	ほんそうせよ¹ ほんそうしろ²	honsō seyo¹ honsō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	奔走される	ほんそうされる	honsō sareru
Causative	奔走させる奔走さす	ほんそうさせるほんそうさす	honsō saseru honsō sasu
Potential	奔走できる	ほんそうできる	honsō dekiru
Volitional	奔走しよう	ほんそうしよう	honsō shiyō
Negative	奔走しない	ほんそうしない	honsō shinai
Negative continuative	奔走せず	ほんそうせず	honsō sezu
Formal	奔走します	ほんそうします	honsō shimasu
Perfective	奔走した	ほんそうした	honsō shita
Conjunctive	奔走して	ほんそうして	honsō shite
Hypothetical conditional	奔走すれば	ほんそうすれば	honsō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“奔走”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026