保山

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	mountain; hill
trad. (保山)		保	山
simp. #(保山)		保	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoshan
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-shan¹
    • Yale: bǎu-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoshan
    • Palladius: баошань (baošanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² saan¹
    • Yale: bóu sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

Noun

保山

1. (literary) guarantor; warrantor; voucher; sponsor
2. (literary) matchmaker

Synonyms

• (guarantor):

• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 保人 (bǎorén)
• 保家 (Hokkien)
• 保家人 (Hokkien)
• 保證人／保证人 (bǎozhèngrén)
• 擔保人／担保人 (dānbǎorén)

 

• (matchmaker):

• 伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
• 冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 冰媒 (Tianjin Mandarin)
• 媒人 (méirén)
• 媒人姐 (Xiamen Hokkien, honorific, female)
• 媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
• 媒人媽／媒人妈 (muòi-nè̤ng-mā) (Eastern Min, female, Hokkien, female)
• 媒人嫲 (mû-nêng-mǎ) (Northern Min, female)
• 媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
• 媒姨 (Teochew, female)
• 媒婆 (méipó) (female)
• 紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)
• 紅葉／红叶 (Sichuanese)
• 紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuanese, male)
• 紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuanese, female)
• 花婆 (Hokkien, female)

 

Proper noun

保山

1. (～市) Baoshan (a prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China)

Descendants

• → English: Baoshan, Pao-shan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	山
ほ Grade: 5	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

保(ほ)山(ざん) • (Hozan) 

1. Baoshan (a prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China)