保長

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (保長)		保	長
simp. (保长)		保	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎozhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² zoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎozhǎng [Phonetic: báozhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎojhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-chang³
    • Yale: bǎu-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojaang
    • Palladius: баочжан (baočžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² zoeng²
    • Yale: bóu jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

Noun

保長

1. (historical) leader of a bao in the baojia system

Derived terms

• 一時唔偷雞做保長／一时唔偷鸡做保长 (jat¹ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ zou⁶ bou² zoeng²) (Cantonese)