保住

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
trad. (保住)		保	住
simp. #(保住)		保	住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎozhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² zyu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-chū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎozhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎojhù
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-chu⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojuh
    • Palladius: баочжу (baočžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² zyu⁶
    • Yale: bóu jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡syː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-chū
    • Tâi-lô: pó-tsū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poyzu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su³³/

Verb

保住

1. to keep; to retain; to save; to preserve; to hold onto