# 逋逃
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): būtáo
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨ ㄊㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^1$ tou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: būtáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨ ㄊㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: butáo
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^1$-tʻao$^2$
*** Yale: bū-táu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butaur
*** Palladius: бутао (butao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^1$ tou$^4$
*** Yale: bōu tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^1$ tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^1$ tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
* 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 | bou$^1$ | tou$^4$ |
* 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
* (literary) to flee; to abscond
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd 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
* (literary) fugitive
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd 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)