保鏢

保鏢

See also: 保镖

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	a throwing weapon; dart
trad. (保鏢)		保	鏢
simp. (保镖)		保	镖
variant forms		保鑣／保镳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎobiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² biu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-pêu
• Min Nan (POJ): pó-pio

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: bǎobiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baobiau
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 保鏢／保镖 保鑣／保镳

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² biu¹
    • Yale: bóu bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² biu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-pêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` beu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ beu¹
    • IPA: /po³¹ peu̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-pio
    • Tâi-lô: pó-pio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'pioy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pio³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

保鏢

1. bodyguard
2. (sometimes humorous) protector

Verb

保鏢

1. to act as a bodyguard
2. (sometimes humorous) to be someone's protector