# 蓬勃
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): péngbó
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ ㄅㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pung$^4$ but$^6$ / fung$^4$ but$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phông-pu̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pong$^5$ buag$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: péngbó
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: péngbó
*** Wade–Giles: pʻêng$^2$-po$^2$
*** Yale: péng-bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perngbor
*** Palladius: пэнбо (pɛnbo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɤŋ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pung$^4$ but$^6$ / fung$^4$ but$^6$
*** Yale: pùhng buht / fùhng buht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pung$^4$ but$^9$ / fung$^4$ but$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pung$^4$ bud$^6$ / fung$^4$ bud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰʊŋ²¹ puːt̚²/, /fʊŋ²¹ puːt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phông-pu̍t
*** Tâi-lô: phông-pu̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phongput
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ¹³⁻²² put̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²³⁻³³ put̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pong$^5$ buag$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phông pua̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ puak̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: buwng bwot
Rime :
| Character | 蓬 | 勃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) | 沒 (56) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 薄紅切 | 蒲没切 |
| Baxter | buwng | bwot |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buŋ/ | /buət̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buŋ/ | /buot̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buŋ/ | /buət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bəwŋ/ | /bwət̚/ |
| Li Rong | /buŋ/ | /buət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /buŋ/ | /buət̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuŋ/ | /bʱuət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | péng | bó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pung$^4$ | but$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*boːŋ bɯːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 勃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bwot › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁut/ |
| English | confused |
| 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 | 蓬 | 勃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3216 | 974 |
| Phonetic component | 丰 | 孛 |
| Rime group | 東 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蓬 | 勃 |
| Old Chinese | /*boːŋ/ | /*bɯːd/ |

### Adjective

蓬勃
* prosperous; flourishing; thriving

#### Synonyms

* 全盛 (quánshèng)
* 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
* 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
* 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
* 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
* 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
* 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
* 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
* 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
* 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
* 昌隆 (chānglóng)
* 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
* 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
* 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
* 火爆 (huǒbào)
* 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
* 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
* 繁盛 (fánshèng)
* 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
* 繽紛／缤纷 (bīnfēn) (literary)
* 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
* 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
* 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
* 茂盛 (màoshèng)
* 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
* 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
* 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
* 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
* 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

#### Antonyms

* 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
* 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
* 低迷 (dīmí)
* 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
* 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
* 清淡 (qīngdàn)
* 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

#### Derived terms

* 朝氣蓬勃／朝气蓬勃 (zhāoqìpéngbó)
* 生氣蓬勃／生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)
* 蓬蓬勃勃 (péngpéngbóbó)