庇佑

Chinese

		to protect; cover; shelter to protect; cover; shelter; hide or harbour	bless; protect
trad. (庇佑)		庇	佑
simp. #(庇佑)		庇	佑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³ jau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí-yu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì-iū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìyòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìyòu
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-yu⁴
    • Yale: bì-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyow
    • Palladius: бию (biju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³ jau⁶
    • Yale: bei yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³ jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³ yeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³ jɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi` iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi<sup>3</sup> yiu<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi` (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ (j)i̯u⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-iū
    • Tâi-lô: pì-iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pie'iu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ iu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ iu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ iu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ iu³³/

Verb

庇佑

1. (literary, religion) to receive protection (especially from deities)

   • 彼人共伊的某夏娃同房；夏娃就懷孕生該隱，講，我對耶和華庇佑得著囝。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     彼人共伊的某夏娃同房；夏娃就怀孕生该隐，讲，我对耶和华庇佑得着囝。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 創世記 (Genesis) 4:1

     Hit-lâng kā i ê bó͘ Hā-oa tâng-pâng; Hā-oa chiū hoâi-īn siⁿ Kai-ún, kóng, Góa tùi Iâ-hô-hoa pì-iū tit-tio̍h kiáⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she [Eve] conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from [the blessings of] the Lord.

Synonyms

• 保佑 (bǎoyòu)
• 呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
• 賜福／赐福 (cìfú)