奔走

奔走

Chinese

		go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave
simp. and trad. (奔走)		奔	走

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēnzǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣ ㄗㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ zau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pûn-chéu
• Min Nan (POJ): phun-cháu / pun-cháu / pun-chó / phun-chó / pun-chó͘ / phun-chó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bēnzǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣ ㄗㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bentzoou
    • IPA ^(key): /pən⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ zau²
    • Yale: bān jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ zeo²
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pûn-chéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun´ zeu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun¹ zeu³
    • IPA: /pun²⁴ t͡seu̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-cháu
    • Tâi-lô: phun-tsáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunzao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³ t͡saʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saʊ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-cháu
    • Tâi-lô: pun-tsáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punzao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ t͡saʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chó
    • Tâi-lô: pun-tsó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punzoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-chó
    • Tâi-lô: phun-tsó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunzoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun³³ t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pun-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punzor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phun-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phun-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phunzor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/

Verb

奔走

1. to run around trying to get things done
2. to flee; to hurriedly travel

Synonyms

• (to run around): 奔波 (bēnbō), 奔忙 (bēnmáng), (Min Nan) 走踔

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
奔	走
ほん Grade: S	そう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

奔走 (hiragana ほんそう, rōmaji honsō)

1. making efforts, busying oneself
2. running about

Verb

奔走する (suru conjugation, hiragana ほんそうする, rōmaji honsō suru)

1. make efforts, busy oneself
2. run about

Conjugation

Conjugation of "奔走する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	奔走し	ほんそうし	honsō shi
Continuative (連用形)	奔走し	ほんそうし	honsō shi
Terminal (終止形)	奔走する	ほんそうする	honsō suru
Attributive (連体形)	奔走する	ほんそうする	honsō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	奔走すれ	ほんそうすれ	honsō sure
Imperative (命令形)	奔走せよ¹ 奔走しろ²	ほんそうせよ¹ ほんそうしろ²	honsō seyo¹ honsō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	奔走される	ほんそうされる	honsō sareru
Causative	奔走させる 奔走さす	ほんそうさせる ほんそうさす	honsō saseru honsō sasu
Potential	奔走できる	ほんそうできる	honsō dekiru
Volitional	奔走しよう	ほんそうしよう	honsō shiyō
Negative	奔走しない	ほんそうしない	honsō shinai
Negative continuative	奔走せず	ほんそうせず	honsō sezu
Formal	奔走します	ほんそうします	honsō shimasu
Perfective	奔走した	ほんそうした	honsō shita
Conjunctive	奔走して	ほんそうして	honsō shite
Hypothetical conditional	奔走すれば	ほんそうすれば	honsō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative