彷彿

See also: 仿佛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (彷彿/仿佛)		彷/仿	彿/佛
simp. (仿佛)		仿	佛
alternative forms		髣髴眆䀟彷髴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎngfú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˇ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong² fat¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hóng-hut

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang² hug⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎngfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˇ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎngfú
  - Wade–Giles: fang³-fu²
  - Yale: fǎng-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faangfwu
  - Palladius: фанфу (fanfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fong² fat¹
  - Yale: fóng fāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong² fat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong² fed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵ fɐt̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    彷彿／彷佛
    恍惚
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng-hut
  - Tâi-lô: hóng-hut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofnghud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hut̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang² hug⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng huk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ huk̚²/

Middle Chinese: /pʰʉɐŋX pʰɨut̚/

Rime
Character	彷	彿
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	文 (60)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	妃兩切	敷勿切
Baxter	phjwangX	phjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋ^X/	/pʰɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋ^X/	/pʰiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋ^X/	/pʰiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋ^X/	/pʰut̚/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋ^X/	/pʰiuət̚/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋ^X/	/pʰĭuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋ^X/	/pʰi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǎng	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong²	fat¹

Adverb

彷彿

as if; as though
similar to

Synonyms

(as if):

Synonyms of 彷彿

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (sì) (Classical Chinese, Cantonese)
似乎 (sìhū)
似如 (Xiang)
像 (xiàng)
像是 (xiàngshì)
好似 (hǎosì)
好像 (hǎoxiàng)
好比 (hǎobǐ)
如同 (rútóng)
宛 (wǎn) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
就像 (jiùxiàng)
忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
敢若 (Min Nan)
敢若是 (Min Nan)
有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
甲像 (Min Nan)
甲像是 (Min Nan)
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看似 (kànsì)
若 (ruò) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)

若像 (Min Nan)
表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
象 (xiàng)
貌似 (màosì)
像係／像系 (Hakka)
儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
勝如／胜如 (Wu)
猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
甲親像／甲亲像 (Min Nan)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
若親像／若亲像 (Min Nan)
親像／亲像 (Hakka, Min Nan)
賽可／赛可 (Ningbo)
較像／较像 (Min Nan)
較像是／较像是 (Min Nan)
較親像／较亲像 (Min Nan)
顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)
𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Min Nan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彷	彿
ほう Hyōgaiji	ふつ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative forms

髣髴

Noun

彷(ほう)彿(ふつ) • (hōfutsu)

close resemblance
a reminder of the past

Verb

彷(ほう)彿(ふつ)する • (hōfutsu suru) suru (stem 彷(ほう)彿(ふつ)し (hōfutsu shi), past 彷(ほう)彿(ふつ)した (hōfutsu shita))

be reminiscent of

Conjugation

Conjugation of "彷彿する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	彷彿し	ほうふつし	hōfutsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	彷彿し	ほうふつし	hōfutsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	彷彿する	ほうふつする	hōfutsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	彷彿する	ほうふつする	hōfutsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	彷彿すれ	ほうふつすれ	hōfutsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	彷彿せよ¹ 彷彿しろ²	ほうふつせよ¹ ほうふつしろ²	hōfutsu seyo¹ hōfutsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	彷彿される	ほうふつされる	hōfutsu sareru
Causative	彷彿させる彷彿さす	ほうふつさせるほうふつさす	hōfutsu saseru hōfutsu sasu
Potential	彷彿できる	ほうふつできる	hōfutsu dekiru
Volitional	彷彿しよう	ほうふつしよう	hōfutsu shiyō
Negative	彷彿しない	ほうふつしない	hōfutsu shinai
Negative continuative	彷彿せず	ほうふつせず	hōfutsu sezu
Formal	彷彿します	ほうふつします	hōfutsu shimasu
Perfective	彷彿した	ほうふつした	hōfutsu shita
Conjunctive	彷彿して	ほうふつして	hōfutsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	彷彿すれば	ほうふつすれば	hōfutsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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