保甲

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
trad. (保甲)		保	甲
simp. #(保甲)		保	甲

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǎojiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gaap³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pó-kap

  (Hailu, HRS): bo^ˊ gab

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-kah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎojiǎ [Phonetic: báojiǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎojiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Pao³-chia³
    • Yale: Bǎu-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baojea
    • Palladius: Баоцзя (Baoczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² gaap³
    • Yale: bóu gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kaːp̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-kap
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ gab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ gab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ kap̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˊ gab
    • Sinological IPA: /po²⁴⁻³³ kap⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-kah
    • Tâi-lô: pó-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'kaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/

Noun

保甲

1. (historical) the Baojia system

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “保甲”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• “Entry #5976”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.