伏法

Chinese

		conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (伏法)		伏	法
Literally: “to submit before the law”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ faat³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k-hoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hog⁸ huab⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-fa³
    • Yale: fú-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwufaa
    • Palladius: фуфа (fufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ faat³
    • Yale: fuhk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² faːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 伏法 復發 / 复发

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍k-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoghoad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴⁻² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hog⁸ huab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ho̍k huap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hok̚⁴⁻² huap̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuwk pjop

Rime
Character	伏	法
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	乏 (148)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房六切	方乏切
Baxter	bjuwk	pjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuk̚/	/pɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biuk̚/	/piɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biuk̚/	/piɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwk̚/	/puap̚/
Li Rong	/biuk̚/	/piɐp̚/
Wang Li	/bĭuk̚/	/pĭwɐp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uk̚/	/pi̯wɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fuk6	faat3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ək  [p.k]ap/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯɡ  pqab/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伏	法
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fú	fǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuwk ›	‹ pjop ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ək/	/*[p.k]ap/
English	lie prostrate	model, law
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	伏	法
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	3333	2867
Phonetic component	伏	法
Rime group	職	盍
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	伏	法
Old Chinese	/*bɯɡ/	/*pqab/
Notes		說文灋省文

Verb

伏法

1. (intransitive) to be executed; to be put to death