太保

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
simp. and trad. (太保)		太	保

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàibǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ bou²
Min Nan (POJ): thài-pó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàibǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taybao
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ bou²
  - Yale: taai bóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ bou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ bou²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːi̯³³ pou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-pó
  - Tâi-lô: thài-pó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'poir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ⁴¹/

Noun

太保

(historical) “grand guardian”, a title for a very high official in imperial China

Derived terms

十三太保
太子太保

打供太保
蓋世太保／盖世太保 (Gàishì Tàibǎo)

Proper noun

太保

(～市, formerly ～鄉, ～區) Taibao (city in Chiayi County, Taiwan)

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