保不住

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	incessantly; without end; nonstop
trad. (保不住)		保	不住
simp. #(保不住)		保	不住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎobuzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² bat¹ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎobuzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobůjhù
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-pu⁵-chu⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-bu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baobujuh
    • Palladius: баобучжу (baobučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² bat¹ zyu⁶
    • Yale: bóu bāt jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² bat⁷ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² bed¹ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²²/

Verb

保不住

1. (literally) to be unable to maintain

Adverb

保不住

1. (colloquial) may well (have ...); probably; quite possibly

Synonyms

• 也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
• 備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
• 凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 可能 (kěnéng)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
• 怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
• 怕是 (pàshì)
• 或者 (huòzhě)
• 或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
• 指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
• 搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
• 歉采 (Hokkien)
• 殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
• 沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
• 興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
• 話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
• 話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
• 講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)