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瀑布

瀑布

Chinese

		waterfall; shower (rain)	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
simp. and trad. (瀑布)		瀑	布

Noun

瀑布

(Advanced Mandarin) waterfall

Synonyms

(Hakka) 暴布 (pau-phu), 水沖／水冲 (súi-chhùng), 水寨 (súi-chhai, súi-chai), 白帶水／白带水 (pha̍k-tai-súi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (瀑布):

Japanese: 瀑布 (ばくふ) ‎(bakufu)
Korean: 폭포 (瀑布, pokpo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瀑	布
ばく Hyōgaiji	ふ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi

(Tokyo) ばくふ [báꜜkùfù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]

IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̥ᵝɸɯᵝ]

Noun

瀑布 ‎(hiragana ばくふ, romaji bakufu)

waterfall, cataract, cascade

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
瀑	布

Noun

瀑布 • ‎(pokpo) ‎(hangeul 폭포)

Hanja form^? of 폭포, “waterfall”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pùbù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶ bou³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu-pu / phau-pu
Min Nan (POJ): po̍k-pò͘ / pho̍k-pò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pùbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puhbuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: buk⁶ bou³
  - Yale: buhk bou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹ bou³
  - IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚² pou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu-pu / phau-pu
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu bu / pau bu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴ bu⁴ / pau⁴ bu⁴
  - IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ pu⁵⁵/, /pʰa̯u⁵⁵ pu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-pò͘
  - Tâi-lô: po̍k-pòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pogpox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho̍k-pò͘
  - Tâi-lô: pho̍k-pòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phogpox
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ pɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²¹/