保研

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	grind fine; study; research
trad. (保研)		保	研
simp. #(保研)		保	研

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoyán
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-yen²
    • Yale: bǎu-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoyan
    • Palladius: баоянь (baojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² jin⁴
    • Yale: bóu yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ jiːn²¹/

Verb

保研

1. (education, of a university) to recommend someone for admission to a graduate school (thus bypassing the usual application or examination pathway)