保皇

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	emperor; surname
trad. (保皇)		保	皇
simp. #(保皇)		保	皇

Etymology

Possibly named after 保皇會 / 保皇会 (bǎohuánghuì, “Chinese Empire Reform Association”), short for 保救大清皇帝會 / 保救大清皇帝会 (bǎojiù Dàqīng huángdì huì, literally “Society to Protect the Emperor of the Great Qing”), which was the political organization set up by Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao in Guangxu era to promote reforms in order to save the Qing imperial regime.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎohuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎohuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎohuáng
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-huang²
    • Yale: bǎu-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baohwang
    • Palladius: баохуан (baoxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² wong⁴
    • Yale: bóu wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/

Verb

保皇

1. to be loyal to the monarchy

Derived terms

• 保皇黨 / 保皇党 (bǎohuángdǎng)