逋逃

Chinese

		flee; abscond; owe	to escape; to run away; to flee
trad. (逋逃)		逋	逃
simp. #(逋逃)		逋	逃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): būtáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou¹ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: būtáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: butáo
    • Wade–Giles: pu¹-tʻao²
    • Yale: bū-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butaur
    • Palladius: бутао (butao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: bōu tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pu daw

Rime
Character	逋	逃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	博孤切	徒刀切
Baxter	pu	daw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puo/	/dɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/puo/	/dɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/po/	/dɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɔ/	/daw/
Li Rong	/po/	/dɑu/
Wang Li	/pu/	/dɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/puo/	/dʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bū	táo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou1	tou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paː  l'aːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	逃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	táo
Middle Chinese	‹ daw ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁaw/
English	flee
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	逋	逃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3410	16845
Phonetic component	甫	兆
Rime group	魚	宵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	逋	陶
Old Chinese	/*paː/	/*l'aːw/

Verb

逋逃

1. (literary) to flee; to abscond

   • 馬牛其風，臣妾逋逃，勿敢越逐。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     马牛其风，臣妾逋逃，勿敢越逐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Mǎ niú qí fēng, chénqiè būtáo, wù gǎn yuè zhú. [Pinyin]

     When the horses or cattle are seeking one another, or when your followers, male or female, abscond, presume not to leave the ranks to pursue them.

Synonyms

• 亡命 (wángmìng)
• 出亡 (chūwáng) (literary)
• 出奔 (chūbēn)
• 散亡 (sànwáng)
• 流亡 (liúwáng)
• 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 走反 (Hokkien, from war)
• 逃亡 (táowáng)
• 逃荒 (táohuāng) (from famine)
• 逃難／逃难 (táonàn) (from a disaster)
• 避難／避难 (bìnàn)

 

Noun

逋逃

1. (literary) fugitive

   • 乃惟四方之多罪逋逃，是崇是長，是信是使，是以為大夫卿士。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     乃惟四方之多罪逋逃，是崇是长，是信是使，是以为大夫卿士。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Nǎi wéi sìfāng zhī duōzuì būtáo, shì chóng shì zhǎng, shì xìn shì shǐ, shì yǐwéi dàfū qīngshì. [Pinyin]

     They are only the fugitives from all quarters, loaded with crimes, whom he honours and exalts, whom he employs and trusts, making them great officers and high nobles.

Synonyms

• 亡人 (wángrén) (literary)
• 流亡者 (liúwángzhě)
• 逃亡者 (táowángzhě)
• 逋客 (būkè) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 逋逃藪／逋逃薮 (būtáosǒu)