保昌

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	prosperous; flourish
trad. (保昌)		保	昌
simp. #(保昌)		保	昌

Etymology

Renamed from 湞昌／浈昌 in 1023 to avoid the given name of Emperor Renzong of Song, who was named 趙禎 and began his reign in 1022.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǎochāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄔㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǎochāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǎochang
    • Wade–Giles: Pao³-chʻang¹
    • Yale: Bǎu-chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baochang
    • Palladius: Баочан (Baočan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

保昌

1. (～縣) Baochang (a county that existed between 1023 and 1806 as the capital of the prefecture of Nanxiong in present-day northern Guangdong, China)