保鏢

See also: 保镖

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	a throwing weapon; dart
trad. (保鏢)		保	鏢
simp. (保镖)		保	镖
alternative forms		保鑣／保镳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎobiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² biu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-pêu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-pio
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pau-piau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎobiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobiao
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-piao¹
    • Yale: bǎu-byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baobiau
    • Palladius: баобяо (baobjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 保鏢／保镖 保鑣／保镳

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² biu¹
    • Yale: bóu bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-pêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` beu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ beu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ peu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-pio
    • Tâi-lô: pó-pio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'pioy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pio³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /po⁴²⁻²⁴ pio⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pau-piau
    • MiniDict: pau^去 piau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau-piau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³³ piɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

保鏢

1. bodyguard
2. (sometimes humorous) protector

Synonyms

• (bodyguard):

• 保安 (bǎo'ān)
• 保安員／保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán)
• 若呀 (Penang 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)

 

Verb

保鏢

1. to act as a bodyguard
2. (sometimes humorous) to be someone's protector