保山

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

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/
  - Homophones:
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    保山
    寶山 / 宝山
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)
媒人 (méirén)
媒人婆 (méirénpó) (female)
媒妁 (méishuò) (literary)
媒姨 (bhuê⁵ i⁵) (Teochew, female)
媒婆 (méipó) (female)
月下老人 (Yuèxià Lǎorén)
月老 (yuèlǎo)
紅娘 / 红娘 (hóngniáng) (chiefly female)

Proper noun

保山

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