保苗

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe
trad. (保苗)		保	苗
simp. #(保苗)		保	苗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎomiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² miu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎomiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎomiáo
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-miao²
    • Yale: bǎu-myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baomiau
    • Palladius: баомяо (baomjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² miu⁴
    • Yale: bóu mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ miːu̯²¹/

Verb

保苗

1. (agriculture) to keep a full stand of seedlings