保胎

保胎

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	fetus; litter
simp. and trad. (保胎)		保	胎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎotāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄊㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² toi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): pó-thai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎotāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄊㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baotai
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² toi¹
    • Yale: bóu tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² toi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ tʰɔːy̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-thai
    • Tâi-lô: pó-thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'tay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/

Verb

保胎

1. to protect the pregnancy; to try to maintain the pregnancy; to prevent miscarriage

Derived terms

保胎針／保胎针 (bǎotāizhēn)