保重

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to regard as serious; to attach importance to
trad. (保重)		保	重
simp. #(保重)		保	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎozhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² zung⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-chhung / pó-chung
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-tiōng / pó-tiǒng / pó-tāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎozhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎojhòng
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-chung⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojonq
    • Palladius: баочжун (baočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² zung⁶
    • Yale: bóu juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-chhung / pó-chung
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` cung / bo` zung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ cung⁴ / bo³ zung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/, /po³¹ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: pó-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'diong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-tiǒng
    • Tâi-lô: pó-tiǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: pó-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'dang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/

Verb

保重

1. (said with good will towards the collocutor) to take care

   海上風大，保重身體。 [MSC, trad.]
   海上风大，保重身体。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hǎi shàng fēng dà, bǎozhòng shēntǐ. [Pinyin]

   It can get windy on the ocean. Look after your health.

Synonyms

• 珍重 (zhēnzhòng)