保安

保安

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
simp. and trad. (保安)		保	安
anagram		安保

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎo'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-ôn
• Min Nan (POJ): pó-an

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎo'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoan
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² on¹
    • Yale: bóu ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² on¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` on´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ on¹
    • IPA: /po³¹ on²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-an
    • Tâi-lô: pó-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poyafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

Verb

保安

1. to ensure public safety
2. to ensure security

Noun

保安

1. security guard
2. Bonan (ethnic group in China)

Synonyms

• (security guard): 門衛／门卫 (ménwèi)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
保	安
ほ Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

保安 (hiragana ほあん, rōmaji hoan)

1. Keeping safe. Security from accident, crime, storm, and so on.

Related terms

• 保安官
• 保安林
• 安全

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
保	安
ほう Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

保安 (hiragana ほうあん, rōmaji Hōan)

1. Hōan era

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Korean

Hanja in this term
保	安

Noun

保安 • (boan) (hangeul 보안)

1. Hanja form^? of 보안 (“security”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
保	安

Noun

保安

1. Hán tự form of bảo an (“security”).