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

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/

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

(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)