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Chinese
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to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
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peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
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trad. (保寧)
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保
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寧
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simp. (保宁)
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保
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宁
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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保
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寧
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bǎo
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níng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pawX ›
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‹ neng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pˁuʔ/
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/*nˁeŋ/
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English
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protect
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peace
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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保
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寧
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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318
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9556
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Phonetic component
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保
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寧
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Rime group
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幽
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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寶
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寧
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Old Chinese
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/*puːʔ/
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/*neːŋ/
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Verb
保寧
- to safeguard and pacify
- to guard in order to stabilize
Proper noun
保寧
- Boryeong, South Korea
- (~府) (historical) Baoning, a former name of Langzhong, Sichuan
- (~府) (historical) Baoning Prefecture, its surrounding hinterland