保山

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Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	mountain; hill
trad. (保山)		保	山
simp. ^#(保山)		保	山

Wikipedia has articles on:

保山 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
保山 (Cantonese)
保山市 (Classical)
Bō̤-săng (Hùng-nàng) (Eastern Min)
Pó-san-chhī (Southern Min)
保山市 (Wu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎoshān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoshan
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-shan¹
  - Yale: bǎu-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoshan
  - Palladius: баошань (baošanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² saan¹
  - Yale: bóu sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

Noun

保山

(literary) guarantor; warrantor; voucher; sponsor
(literary) matchmaker

Synonyms

(guarantor):

保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
保人 (bǎorén)
保家 (Hokkien)
保家人 (Hokkien)
保證人／保证人 (bǎozhèngrén)
擔保人／担保人 (dānbǎorén)

(matchmaker):

伐柯人 (fákērén) (literary)
冰人 (bīngrén) (literary)
冰媒 (Tianjin Mandarin)
媒人 (méirén)
媒人姐 (Xiamen Hokkien, honorific, female)
媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
媒人媽／媒人妈 (muòi-nè̤ng-mā) (Eastern Min, female, Hokkien, female)
媒人嫲 (mû-nêng-mǎ) (Northern Min, female)
媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (female)
紅娘／红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)
紅葉／红叶 (Sichuanese)
紅葉公／红叶公 (Sichuanese, male)
紅葉婆／红叶婆 (Sichuanese, female)
花婆 (Hokkien, female)

Proper noun

保山

(～市) Baoshan (a prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China)

Descendants

→ English: Baoshan, Pao-shan
→ Lü: ᦗᧁᦌᦱᧃᧈ (pawsaan¹)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	山
ほ Grade: 5	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

保(ほ)山(ざん) • (Hozan)

Baoshan (a prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China)

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