# 匍匐
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): púfú
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄈㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pou$^4$ fuk$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-ho̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: púfú
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: púfú
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^2$-fu$^2$
*** Yale: pú-fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwufwu
*** Palladius: пуфу (pufu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu³⁵ fu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pou$^4$ fuk$^6$
*** Yale: pòuh fuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pou$^4$ fuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pou$^4$ fug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰou̯²¹ fʊk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-ho̍k
*** Tâi-lô: phôo-ho̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pho'hok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/
* Middle Chinese: bu bjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 匍 | 匐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 薄胡切 | 房六切 |
| Baxter | bu | bjuwk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buo/ | /bɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buo/ | /biuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bo/ | /biuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bɔ/ | /buwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /bo/ | /biuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bu/ | /bĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuo/ | /bʱi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pú | fú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pou$^4$ | fuk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa [b]ək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baː bɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 匍 | 匐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pú | fú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bu › | ‹ bjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁa/ | /*[b]ək/ |
| English | crawl | crawl (bu.bjuwk) |
| 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 | 匍 | 匐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 3436 | 3406 |
| Phonetic component | 甫 | 畐 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 酺 | 伏 |
| Old Chinese | /*baː/ | /*bɯɡ/ |

### Verb

匍匐
* to crawl; to creep
* to lie prostrate
* to trail; to creep (of plants)

#### Synonyms

* (to crawl):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 爬, 爬行, 匍匐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 爬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 爬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 爬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 爬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 爬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 爬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 爬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 爬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 爬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 躝, 爬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 躝, 爬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 沿, 爬 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 爬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 爬 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 爬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 爬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 爬啦 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 爬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 𨂝, 爬 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 爬, 𨂝 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 爬 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 爬 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 𱗄 |