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): bǎobùzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² bat¹ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎobùzhù [Phonetic: bǎobúzhù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobùjhù
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-pu⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-bù-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baobujuh
    • Palladius: баобучжу (baobučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ 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

(deprecated template usage) 保不住

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

Synonyms

• 保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí)