保安

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
simp. and trad. (保安)		保	安
anagram		安保

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎo'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² on¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-ôn
Min Nan (POJ): pó-an

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎo'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoan
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² on¹
  - Yale: bóu ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² on¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` on´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ on¹
  - IPA: /po³¹ on²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-an
  - Tâi-lô: pó-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poyafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

Verb

保安

to ensure public safety
to ensure security

Noun

保安

security guard
Bonan (ethnic group in China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
保	安
ほ Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

保安 (hiragana ほあん, rōmaji hoan)

Keeping safe. Security from accident, crime, storm, and so on.

Related terms

保安官
保安林
安全

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
保	安
ほう Grade: 5	あん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

保安 (hiragana ほうあん, rōmaji Hōan)

Hōan era

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