撲騰

See also: 扑腾

Chinese

		rush on	to soar; to gallop; to rise to soar; to gallop; to rise; to prance; to hover; to move out
trad. (撲騰)		撲	騰
simp. (扑腾)		扑	腾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pūténg

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ ㄊㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³ tang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pūténg → pūteng (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ ㄊㄥˊ → ㄆㄨ ˙ㄊㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pute̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu¹-tʻêng⁵
    • Yale: pū-teng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pu.terng
    • Palladius: путэн (putɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵/ → /pʰu⁵⁵ tʰɤŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pok³ tang⁴
    • Yale: pok tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸ tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pog³ teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³ tʰɐŋ²¹/

Verb

撲騰

1. to pitter-patter; to throb; to palpitate
2. to flounder, to flop
3. to squander money
4. (dialectal) to hustle; to bustle
5. to keep the ball rolling