太保

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
trad. (太保)		太	保
simp. ^#(太保)		太	保

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàibǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ bou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-pó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàibǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàibǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-pao³
  - Yale: tài-bǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taybao
  - Palladius: тайбао (tajbao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ bou²
  - Yale: taai bóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ bou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ bou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ pou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-pó
  - Tâi-lô: thài-pó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'poir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ⁴¹/

Noun

太保

(historical, pre-Qin) chief court advisor
(historical) Grand Guardian (title for a very high official in imperial China)
(literary) temple attendant
(literary, honorific) servant
(literary) hooligan; hoodlum; juvenile delinquent

Synonyms

(servant):

使人 (literary)
傭人 / 佣人
僕人 / 仆人 (púrén)
僕役 / 仆役 (púyì)
僕隸 / 仆隶 (púlì) (literary)
奴僕 / 奴仆 (núpú)
奴役 (núyì) (literary)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
底下人 (dǐxiarén)
臣僕 / 臣仆 (chénpú) (literary)
蒼頭 / 苍头 (cŏng-tàu) (Eastern Min, dated, derogatory)

(hooligan): 不良少年 (bùliáng shàonián)

Derived terms

十三太保 (shísān tàibǎo)
太子太保
打供太保
蓋世太保 / 盖世太保 (Gàishìtàibǎo)

Related terms

太傅 (tàifù)
太師／太师 (tàishī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太保):

→ Korean: 태보(太保) (taebo)
→ Vietnamese: thái bảo (太保)

→ Mongolian: тайбао (tajbao)

→ Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᠪᠣᡠ (taibou)

Proper noun

太保

(～市, formerly ～鄉, ～區) Taibao (a city in Chiayi County, Taiwan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	保

Noun

太保 • (taebo) (hangeul 태보)

hanja form^? of 태보

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	保

Noun

太保

chữ Hán form of thái bảo