難保

See also: 难保

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
trad. (難保)		難	保
simp. (难保)		难	保

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ bou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-pó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-pó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánbǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánbǎo
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-pao³
    • Yale: nán-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanbao
    • Palladius: наньбао (nanʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ bou²
    • Yale: nàahn bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ pou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-pó
    • Hakka Romanization System: nanˇ bo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nan² bo³
    • Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ po³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-pó
    • Tâi-lô: lân-pó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanpoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² po⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² po⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² po⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ pɤ⁴¹/

Verb

難保

1. (formal) to be difficult to ensure the safety of; to be difficult to protect

   今天不好好工作，明天工作都難保。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天不好好工作，明天工作都难保。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān bù hǎohǎo gōngzuò, míngtiān gōngzuò dōu nánbǎo. [Pinyin]

   If you don't work hard today, you may not have a job to come back to tomorrow.

2. (formal) to be unable to be guaranteed; to be difficult to guarantee

Derived terms

• 朝夕難保／朝夕难保 (zhāoxīnánbǎo)
• 自身難保／自身难保 (zìshēnnánbǎo)