扶搖

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help someone up; to help	shake; to rock
trad. (扶搖)		扶	搖
simp. (扶摇)		扶	摇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúyáo
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-yao²
    • Yale: fú-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuyau
    • Palladius: фуяо (fujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ jiu⁴
    • Yale: fùh yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ jiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bju yew

Rime
Character	扶	搖
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	防無切	餘昭切
Baxter	bju	yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo/	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/bio/	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/bio/	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆/	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/bio/	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/bĭu/	/jĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u/	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu4	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[p](r)a  law/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ba  lew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	扶	搖
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fú	yáo
Middle Chinese	‹ bju ›	‹ yew ›
Old Chinese	/*m-[p](r)a/	/*law/
English	assist	shake
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	扶	搖
Reading #	2/2	2/2
No.	3280	14704
Phonetic component	夫	謠
Rime group	魚	宵
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	扶	遙
Old Chinese	/*ba/	/*lew/

Noun

扶搖

1. (literary) a violent, upward-whirling storm wind; whirlwind

   • 鵬之徙於南冥也，水擊三千里，摶扶搖而上者九萬里，去以六月息者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鹏之徙于南冥也，水击三千里，抟扶摇而上者九万里，去以六月息者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Péng zhī xǐ yú nánmíng yě, shuǐ jī sān qiān lǐ, tuán fúyáo ér shàng zhě jiǔ wàn lǐ, qù yǐ liù yuè xī zhě yě. [Pinyin]

     When the peng is removing to the Southern Ocean it flaps (its wings) on the water for 3000 li. Then it ascends on a whirlwind 90,000 li, and it rests only at the end of six months.

2. (literary, Chinese mythology) name of a mythical tree

Verb

扶搖

1. (literary) to soar up; to spiral up; to rapidly ascend

Derived terms

• 扶搖直上／扶摇直上 (fúyáozhíshàng)