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保衛

保衛

See also: 保衞 and 保卫

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 guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; (surname)
trad. (保衛)		保	衛
simp. (保卫)		保	卫

Verb

保衛

(Elementary Mandarin) to defend; to safeguard

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bǎowèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-ví
Min Nan (POJ): pó-ōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎowèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baowey
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² wai⁶
  - Yale: bóu waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-ví
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` vi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ vi³
  - IPA: /po³¹ vi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: pó-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poyoe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/