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

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• (servant):

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• 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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	保

Noun

太保 • (taebo) (hangeul 태보)

1. hanja form^? of 태보

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	保

Noun

太保

1. chữ Hán form of thái bảo.