保佑

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	bless; protect
trad. (保佑)		保	佑
simp. #(保佑)		保	佑
alternative forms		保祐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² jau⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): bau³ iu
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-yu
• Northern Min (KCR): bǎu-iǔ
• Eastern Min (BUC): bō̤-iêu / bō̤-ô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pó-iū / pó͘-iū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bo² iu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoyòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoyòu
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-yu⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoyow
    • Palladius: баою (baoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² jau⁶
    • Yale: bóu yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² yeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ jɐu̯²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bau³ iu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹³⁻²¹ iu¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ (j)i̯u⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǎu-iǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹ iu²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bō̤-iêu / bō̤-ô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³⁻⁵⁵ iɛu²⁴²/, /po³³⁻⁵⁵ ou²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-iū
    • Tâi-lô: pó-iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poyiu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-iū
    • Tâi-lô: póo-iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofiu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo² iu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó iŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ iu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pawX hjuwH

Rime
Character	保	佑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	博抱切	于救切
Baxter	pawX	hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑuX/	/ɦɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑuX/	/ɦiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑuX/	/ɣiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pawX/	/ɦuwH/
Li Rong	/pɑuX/	/ɣiuH/
Wang Li	/pɑuX/	/ɣĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑuX/	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎo	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou2	jau6

Verb

保佑

1. to bless and protect; to be safeguarded

   上帝保佑你！  ―  Shàngdì bǎoyòu nǐ!  ―  God bless you!

   上帝保佑女王  ―  Shàngdì bǎoyòu Nǚwáng  ―  God Bless the Queen

   我明天要考試了，保佑我吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   我明天要考试了，保佑我吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ míngtiān yào kǎoshì le, bǎoyòu wǒ ba! [Pinyin]

   I have an exam tomorrow - wish me luck!

Synonyms

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• 呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
• 庇佑 (bìyòu) (especially from deities )
• 賜福／赐福 (cìfú)