跋扈

Chinese

		travel; walk	retinue
trad. (跋扈)		跋	扈
simp. ^#(跋扈)		跋	扈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báhù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ wu⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍t-hō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báhù
  - Wade–Giles: pa²-hu⁴
  - Yale: bá-hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barhuh
  - Palladius: баху (baxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat⁶ wu⁶
  - Yale: baht wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ wu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² wuː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: pua̍t-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poadho
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /puat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /puat̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /puat̚²⁴⁻² hɔ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: bat huX

Rime
Character	跋	扈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蒲撥切	侯古切
Baxter	bat	huX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑt̚/	/ɦuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑt̚/	/ɦuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑt̚/	/ɣo^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwat̚/	/ɦɔ^X/
Li Rong	/buɑt̚/	/ɣo^X/
Wang Li	/buɑt̚/	/ɣu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑt̚/	/ɣuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	but⁶	wu⁶

Adjective

跋扈

(literary) domineering; overbearing; bossy

Synonyms

專橫／专横 (zhuānhèng)

Derived terms

囂張跋扈 / 嚣张跋扈 (xiāozhāngbáhù)
專恣跋扈 / 专恣跋扈
專橫跋扈 / 专横跋扈 (zhuānhèngbáhù)
跋扈自恣
輈張跋扈 / 辀张跋扈
飛揚跋扈 / 飞扬跋扈 (fēiyángbáhù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
跋	扈
ばつ > ばっ Hyōgai	こ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばっこ [bàkkó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠k̚ko̞]

Noun

跋(ばっ)扈(こ) • (bakko)

domineering, rampancy

Derived terms

跳(ちょう)梁(りょう)跋(ばっ)扈(こ) (chōryōbakko)

Related terms

蔓延(まんえん) (man'en, “infestation”)

Verb

跋(ばっ)扈(こ)する • (bakko suru) transitive suru (stem 跋(ばっ)扈(こ)し (bakko shi), past 跋(ばっ)扈(こ)した (bakko shita))

to domineer; to be rampant

Conjugation

Conjugation of "跋扈する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	跋扈し	ばっこし	bakko shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	跋扈し	ばっこし	bakko shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	跋扈する	ばっこする	bakko suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	跋扈する	ばっこする	bakko suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	跋扈すれ	ばっこすれ	bakko sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	跋扈せよ¹ 跋扈しろ²	ばっこせよ¹ ばっこしろ²	bakko seyo¹ bakko shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	跋扈される	ばっこされる	bakko sareru
Causative	跋扈させる跋扈さす	ばっこさせるばっこさす	bakko saseru bakko sasu
Potential	跋扈できる	ばっこできる	bakko dekiru
Volitional	跋扈しよう	ばっこしよう	bakko shiyō
Negative	跋扈しない	ばっこしない	bakko shinai
Negative continuative	跋扈せず	ばっこせず	bakko sezu
Formal	跋扈します	ばっこします	bakko shimasu
Perfective	跋扈した	ばっこした	bakko shita
Conjunctive	跋扈して	ばっこして	bakko shite
Hypothetical conditional	跋扈すれば	ばっこすれば	bakko sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

のさばる (nosabaru)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN