保管

保管

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
simp. and trad. (保管)		保	管

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-kón
• Min Nan (POJ): pó-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎoguǎn [Phonetic: báoguǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baogoan
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² gun²
    • Yale: bóu gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² gun²
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` gon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ gon³
    • IPA: /po³¹ kon³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-koán
    • Tâi-lô: pó-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'koarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴¹/

Verb

保管

1. to take care of; to safeguard

Adverb

保管

1. certainly; surely

Noun

保管

1. guardian; storeman; stockman; storekeeper; custodian

Derived terms

保管員／保管员 (bǎoguǎnyuán)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	管
ほ Grade: 5	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほかん [hòkáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

保管 (hiragana ほかん, rōmaji hokan)

1. safekeeping, storage
2. custody

Verb

保管する (hiragana ほかんする, rōmaji hokan suru)

1. keep, maintain, store

   説明書 (せつめいしょ)はきちんと保 (ほ)管 (かん)しておいてください。

   Setsumeisho wa kichin to hokan shite oite kudasai.

   Please keep the manual in a safe place.

2. have custody, have charge

Conjugation

Conjugation of "保管する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	保管し	ほかんし	hokan shi
Continuative (連用形)	保管し	ほかんし	hokan shi
Terminal (終止形)	保管する	ほかんする	hokan suru
Attributive (連体形)	保管する	ほかんする	hokan suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	保管すれ	ほかんすれ	hokan sure
Imperative (命令形)	保管せよ¹ 保管しろ²	ほかんせよ¹ ほかんしろ²	hokan seyo¹ hokan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	保管される	ほかんされる	hokan sareru
Causative	保管させる 保管さす	ほかんさせる ほかんさす	hokan saseru hokan sasu
Potential	保管できる	ほかんできる	hokan dekiru
Volitional	保管しよう	ほかんしよう	hokan shiyō
Negative	保管しない	ほかんしない	hokan shinai
Negative continuative	保管せず	ほかんせず	hokan sezu
Formal	保管します	ほかんします	hokan shimasu
Perfective	保管した	ほかんした	hokan shita
Conjunctive	保管して	ほかんして	hokan shite
Hypothetical conditional	保管すれば	ほかんすれば	hokan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
保	管

Noun

保管 • (bogwan) (hangeul 보관)

1. Hanja form^? of 보관 (“storage, custody”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
保	管

Verb

保管

1. Hán tự form of bảo quản (“to maintain; to preserve”).