保時捷

See also: 保时捷

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	victory; triumph; quick victory; triumph; quick; prompt; rapid
trad. (保時捷)		保	時	捷
simp. (保时捷)		保	时	捷

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of German Porsche.

The significance of the extra syllable 捷 (jié) is unknown; it has been suggested that its source is the Chinese name of the Jebsen Group (捷成), the main distributor of Porsche in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoshíjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² si⁴ zit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoshíjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoshíhjié
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-shih²-chieh²
    • Yale: bǎu-shŕ-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoshyrjye
    • Palladius: баошицзе (baošicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² si⁴ zit³
    • Yale: bóu sìh jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² si⁴ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² xi⁴ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ siː²¹ t͡siːt̚³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 保時捷

1. Porsche

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, slang) 波子

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