拔群

Chinese

		pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	crowd; flock; group
trad. (拔群/拔羣)		拔	群/羣
simp. (拔群)		拔	群

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báqún

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ kwan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báqún
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bácyún
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-chʻün²
    • Yale: bá-chyún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barchyun
    • Palladius: бацюнь (bacjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ kwan⁴
    • Yale: baht kwàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ kwan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ kuen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² kʷʰɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjot|bat|beat gjun

Rime
Character	拔	拔	拔	群
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	並 (3)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	月 (68)	末 (64)	鎋 (75)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	II	III
Fanqie	房越切	蒲撥切	蒲八切	渠云切
Baxter	bjot	bat	beat	gjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐt̚/	/buɑt̚/	/bˠɛt̚/	/ɡɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐt̚/	/bʷɑt̚/	/bᵚæt̚/	/ɡiun/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐt̚/	/buɑt̚/	/bæt̚/	/ɡiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buat̚/	/bwat̚/	/bəɨt̚/	/gun/
Li Rong	/biuɐt̚/	/buɑt̚/	/bɛt̚/	/ɡiuən/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐt̚/	/buɑt̚/	/bæt̚/	/ɡĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐt̚/	/bʱuɑt̚/	/bʱat̚/	/gi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fá	bó	bá	qún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat6	but6	baat6	kwan4

Verb

拔群

1. (literary) to stand out from one's fellows; to be outstanding

   效果拔群  ―  xiàoguǒ báqún  ―  the effect is outstanding

   • 吾庸夫近才，見淺聞寡，豈敢自許以拔群獨識，皆勝世人乎？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     吾庸夫近才，见浅闻寡，岂敢自许以拔群独识，皆胜世人乎？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ge Hong, Baopuzi, 4^th century CE

     Wú yōngfū jìncái, jiàn qiǎn wén guǎ, qǐgǎn zìxǔ yǐ báqún dúshí, jiē shèng shìrén hū? [Pinyin]

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   • 若才實拔羣，進宜尚德，治阿之宰，不必計年，免徒之守，豈限資秩。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     若才实拔羣，进宜尚德，治阿之宰，不必计年，免徒之守，岂限资秩。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE

     Ruò cáishí báqún, jìn yí shàngdé, zhì Ē zhī zǎi, bùbì jìnián, miǎn tú zhī shǒu, qǐ xiàn zīzhì. [Pinyin]

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Derived terms

• 出類拔群／出类拔群
• 拔群出萃
• 拔群出類／拔群出类
• 超俗拔群

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拔群):

• → Japanese: 抜群(ばつぐん) (batsugun)
• → Korean: 발군(拔群) (balgun)