颮颮

Chinese

		whirlwind	whirlwind
trad. (颮颮)		颮	颮
simp. (飑飑)		飑	飑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòpò, biāobiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄆㄛˋ, ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴ paau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòpò
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: pwò-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohpoh
    • Palladius: попо (popo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāobiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biaobiao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹-piao¹
    • Yale: byāu-byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biaubiau
    • Palladius: бяобяо (bjaobjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau⁴ paau⁴
    • Yale: pàauh pàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴ paau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴ pao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯²¹ pʰaːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phaewk phaewk

Rime
Character	颮
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	匹角切
Baxter	phaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	po
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruːɡ  pʰruːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	颮
Reading #	2/2
No.	308
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	璞
Old Chinese	/*pʰruːɡ/

Adjective

颮颮

1. (literary) many; numerous
2. (literary) falling from sky

Synonyms

• (many):

• 一系列 (yīxìliè)
• 不少 (bùshǎo)
• 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
• 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
• 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
• 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
• 好些 (hǎoxiē)
• 好多 (hǎoduō)
• 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
• 幾多／几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
• 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 很多 (hěnduō)
• 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
• 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
• 浩繁 (hàofán)
• 百
• 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
• 繁多 (fánduō)
• 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
• 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
• 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)