投奔

Chinese

		to throw; to send	go to; towards; to hurry or rush go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope
simp. and trad. (投奔)		投	奔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóubèn, tóubēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄣˋ, ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ ban¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-pun / tâu-phun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóubèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóubèn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pên⁴
    • Yale: tóu-bèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourbenn
    • Palladius: тоубэнь (toubɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóubēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuben
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pên¹
    • Yale: tóu-bēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourben
    • Palladius: тоубэнь (toubɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ ban¹
    • Yale: tàuh bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ pɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-pun
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-pun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'pwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² pun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² pun³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-phun
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-phun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauphwn
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ pʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² pʰun⁴⁴/

Verb

投奔

1. to seek shelter (from a friend or at a place)