保命

保命

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	life; fate
simp. and trad. (保命)		保	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎomìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-miang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎomìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baominq
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
    • Yale: bóu mehng, bóu mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² méng⁶, bou² ming⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ mɛːŋ²²/, /pou̯³⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ miang⁴
    • IPA: /po³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

保命

1. to save one's life; to survive

   保命更重要  ―  bǎomìng gèng zhòngyào  ―  Saving (your) life is more important.