太保

太保

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
trad. (太保)		太	保
simp. #(太保)		太	保

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàibǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ bou²
• Min Nan (POJ): thài-pó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàibǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàibǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-pao³
    • Yale: tài-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taybao
    • Palladius: тайбао (tajbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ bou²
    • Yale: taai bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ pou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-pó
    • Tâi-lô: thài-pó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'poir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ⁴¹/

Noun

太保

1. (historical, pre-Qin) chief court advisor
2. (historical) Grand Guardian (title for a very high official in imperial China)
3. (literary) temple attendant
4. (literary, honorific) servant
5. (literary) hooligan; hoodlum; juvenile delinquent

Synonyms

• (servant):

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Synonyms of 太保

使人 (shǐrén) (literary) 奴役 (núyì) (literary) 家人 (jiārén) (archaic) 底下人 (dǐxiarén) 傭人／佣人 (yōngrén) 僕人／仆人 (púrén)

僕役／仆役 (púyì) 僕隸／仆隶 (púlì) (literary) 奴僕／奴仆 (núpú) 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú) (literary) 蒼頭／苍头 (Min Dong, dated, derogatory)

• (hooligan): 不良少年 (bùliáng shàonián)

Derived terms

十三太保 太子太保

打供太保 蓋世太保／盖世太保 (Gàishìtàibǎo)

Related terms

• 太傅 (tàifù)
• 太師／太师 (tàishī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太保):

• → Korean: 태보(太保) (taebo)
• → Vietnamese: thái bảo (太保)

• → Mongolian: тайбао (tajbao)
• → Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᠪᠣᡠ (taibou)

Proper noun

太保

1. (～市, formerly ～鄉, ～區) Taibao (a city in Chiayi County, Taiwan)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
太	保

Noun

太保 • (taebo) (hangeul 태보)

1. Hanja form^? of 태보.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
太	保

Noun

太保

1. chữ Hán form of thái bảo.