保命

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	life; fate
trad. (保命)		保	命
simp. #(保命)		保	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎomìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-miang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎomìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎomìng
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-ming⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baominq
    • Palladius: баомин (baomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
    • Yale: bóu mehng, bóu mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² méng⁶, bou² ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ mɛːŋ²²/, /pou̯³⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ miang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

保⫽命 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to save one's life; to survive

   保命更重要。  ―  Bǎomìng gèng zhòngyào.  ―  Saving (your) life is more important.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	命
ほう Grade: 5	めい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

保(ほう)命(めい) • (hōmei) 

1. preserving one's life
2. longevity
3. long life