保安

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (保安)		保	安
simp. #(保安)		保	安
anagram		安保

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎo'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-ôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-an

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎo'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎo-an
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-an¹
    • Yale: bǎu-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoan
    • Palladius: баоань (baoanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 保安 寶安／宝安

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou² on¹
    • Yale: bóu ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 保安 寶安／宝安

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` on´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ on²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-an
    • Tâi-lô: pó-an
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poyafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Verb

保安

1. to ensure public safety
2. to ensure security

Derived terms

• 保安亭 (bǎo'āntíng)
• 保安員／保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán)
• 保安室 (bǎo'ānshì)

 

Noun

保安

1. security guard; security man
2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) guard at a gate; entrance guard; gatekeeper; doorkeeper; sentry

Synonyms

• (security guard):

• 保安員／保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán)
• 保鏢／保镖 (bǎobiāo)
• 若呀 (Malaysian Hokkien, slang)
• 衛兵／卫兵 (wèibīng)
• 衛士／卫士 (wèishì)
• 警衛／警卫 (jǐngwèi)
• 警衛員／警卫员 (jǐngwèiyuán)
• 護衛／护卫 (hùwèi)

 

• (guard at a gate):

• 看門人／看门人 (kānménrén)
• 門崗／门岗 (méngǎng)
• 門房／门房 (ménfáng)
• 門衛／门卫 (ménwèi)
• 黑貓／黑猫 (⁷heq-mau) (Wu)
• 黑貓警長／黑猫警长 (⁷heq-mau ⁵cin-tsan) (Wu)

 

Proper noun

保安

1. (～鎮) Bao'an (a town in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)
2. (～縣) Bao'an (a former county of Shaanxi, China; now Zhidan (志丹) county, Shaanxi, China)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

保安

1. Bonan (ethnic group in China)

Derived terms

• 保安族 (Bǎo'ānzú)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
保	安
ほ Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

保(ほ)安(あん) • (hoan) 

1. preservation of peace; security from accident and incident

Synonyms

• 安全(あんぜん) (anzen)

Derived terms

• 保安官(ほあんかん) (hoankan)
• 保安林(ほあんりん) (hoanrin)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
保	安
ほう Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

保(ほう)安(あん) • (Hōan) 

1. the Hōan era, 1120–1124

See also

• 元永(げんえい) (Gen'ei) (era preceding Hōan)
• 天治(てんじ) (Tenji) (era following Hōan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
保	安

Noun

保安 • (boan) (hangeul 보안)

1. Hanja form^? of 보안 (“security”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
保	安

Noun

保安

1. chữ Hán form of bảo an (“security”).