保重

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to regard as serious; to attach importance to
trad. (保重)		保	重
simp. ^#(保重)		保	重

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎozhòng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² zung⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-chhung / pó-chung
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-tiōng / pó-tiǒng / pó-tāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎozhòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎojhòng
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-chung⁴
  - Yale: bǎu-jùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojonq
  - Palladius: баочжун (baočžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² zung⁶
  - Yale: bóu juhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dzung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² zung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-chhung / pó-chung
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ cung / bo^ˋ zung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ cung⁴ / bo³ zung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/, /po³¹ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: pó-tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'diong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-tiǒng
  - Tâi-lô: pó-tiǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-tāng
  - Tâi-lô: pó-tāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'dang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/

Verb

保重

(said with good will towards the collocutor) to take care
海上風大，保重身體。 [MSC, trad.]
海上风大，保重身体。 [MSC, simp.]
Hǎi shàng fēng dà, bǎozhòng shēntǐ. [Pinyin]
It can get windy on the ocean. Look after your health.

Synonyms

珍重 (zhēnzhòng)