保胎

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	fetus; litter
trad. (保胎)		保	胎
simp. #(保胎)		保	胎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎotāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄊㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² toi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-thai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎotāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎotai
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-tʻai¹
    • Yale: bǎu-tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baotai
    • Palladius: баотай (baotaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² toi¹
    • Yale: bóu tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² toi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-thai
    • Tâi-lô: pó-thai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'tay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰai⁴⁴/

Verb

保⫽胎 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to protect the pregnancy; to try to maintain the pregnancy; to prevent miscarriage

Derived terms

• 保胎針／保胎针 (bǎotāizhēn)