康保

Chinese

		peaceful; spongy (of radishes)	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
trad. (康保)		康	保
simp. #(康保)		康	保
anagram		保康

Etymology

From 康巴諾爾／康巴诺尔 (Kāngbā Nuò'ěr), the name of a lake in the county's south, which is in turn from Mongolian [script needed] (kang-ba, “beautiful”) + ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur, “lake”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kāngbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong¹ bou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kāngbǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄤ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kangbǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻang¹-pao³
    • Yale: Kāng-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kangbao
    • Palladius: Канбао (Kanbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong¹ bou²
    • Yale: hōng bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong¹ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong¹ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

康保

1. (～縣) Kangbao (a county of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China)
2. (～鎮) Kangbao Town, Kangbao County

Japanese

Kanji in this term
康	保
こう Grade: 4	ほう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Proper noun

康(こう)保(ほう) • (Kōhō) 

1. the Kōhō era, 964-968

See also

• 応和(おうわ) (Ōwa) (era preceding Kōhō)
• 安和(あんな) (Anna) (era following Kōhō)