保甲

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
trad. (保甲)		保	甲
simp. #(保甲)		保	甲

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǎojiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gaap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎojiǎ [Phonetic: báojiǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎojiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Pao³-chia³
    • Yale: Bǎu-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baojea
    • Palladius: Баоцзя (Baoczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² gaap³
    • Yale: bóu gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kaːp̚³/

Noun

保甲

1. (historical) the Baojia system