奔北

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	north
trad. (奔北)		奔	北
simp. #(奔北)		奔	北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēnběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ ㄅㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēnběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: benběi
    • Wade–Giles: pên¹-pei³
    • Yale: bēn-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benbeei
    • Palladius: бэньбэй (bɛnʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: pwon pok

Rime
Character	奔	北
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	博昆切	博墨切
Baxter	pwon	pok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puən/	/pək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/puon/	/pək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/puən/	/pək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwən/	/pək̚/
Li Rong	/puən/	/pək̚/
Wang Li	/puən/	/pək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/puən/	/pək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bēn	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun1	bak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤur  pˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːn  pɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奔	北
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēn	běi
Middle Chinese	‹ pwon ›	‹ pok ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁur/	/*pˁək/
English	run (v.)	north
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	奔	北
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	440	414
Phonetic component	奔	北
Rime group	文	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	奔	北
Old Chinese	/*pɯːn/	/*pɯːɡ/

Verb

奔北

1. (literary) to flee in defeat