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攀附

攀附

Chinese

		climb up; pull	to add; to attach; to be close to to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
simp. and trad. (攀附)		攀	附

Verb

攀附

to play up to (people of power and influence)
to cling to something like a vine

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pānfù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paan¹ fu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): phan-hū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pānfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: panfuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰa̠n⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: paan¹ fu⁶
  - Yale: pāan fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paan¹ fu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɑːn⁵⁵ fuː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phan-hū
  - Tâi-lô: phan-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phanhu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰan⁴⁴⁻²² hu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰan³³ hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰan⁴⁴⁻²² hu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ hu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ hu³³/