勞保

Chinese

		toil	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
trad. (勞保)		勞	保
simp. (劳保)		劳	保

Etymology

Short for 勞工保險／劳工保险 (láogōng bǎoxiǎn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láobǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ bou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lò-pó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô-pó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láobǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láobǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-pao³
    • Yale: láu-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laubao
    • Palladius: лаобао (laobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ bou²
    • Yale: lòuh bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ pou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lò-pó
    • Hakka Romanization System: loˇ bo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo² bo³
    • Sinological IPA: /lo¹¹ po³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-pó
    • Tâi-lô: lô-pó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi'poir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² po⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² po⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² po⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ pɤ⁴¹/

Noun

勞保

1. labour insurance