保命

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	life; fate
simp. and trad. (保命)		保	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎomìng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-miang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎomìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baominq
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
  - Yale: bóu mehng, bóu mihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² meng⁶, bou² ming⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² méng⁶, bou² ming⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ mɛːŋ²²/, /pou̯³⁵ mɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ miang⁴
  - IPA: /po³¹ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

保命

to save one's life; to survive
保命更重要 ― bǎomìng gèng zhòngyào ― Saving (your) life is more important.

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