跋扈

Chinese

		travel; walk	retinue
trad. (跋扈)		跋	扈
simp. #(跋扈)		跋	扈

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	跋	扈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蒲撥切	侯古切
Baxter	bat	huX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑt̚/	/ɦuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑt̚/	/ɦuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑt̚/	/ɣoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwat̚/	/ɦɔX/
Li Rong	/buɑt̚/	/ɣoX/
Wang Li	/buɑt̚/	/ɣuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑt̚/	/ɣuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	but6	wu6

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ wu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍t-hō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báhù
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-hu⁴
    • Yale: bá-hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barhuh
    • Palladius: баху (baxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ wu⁶
    • Yale: baht wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² wuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pua̍t-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poadho
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puat̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puat̚²⁴⁻² hɔ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bat huX

Adjective

跋扈

1. (literary) domineering; overbearing; bossy

Synonyms

• 專橫／专横 (zhuānhèng)

Derived terms

• 囂張跋扈 / 嚣张跋扈 (xiāozhāngbáhù)
• 專恣跋扈 / 专恣跋扈
• 專橫跋扈 / 专横跋扈 (zhuānhèngbáhù)
• 跋扈自恣
• 輈張跋扈 / 辀张跋扈
• 飛揚跋扈 / 飞扬跋扈 (fēiyángbáhù)