把牢

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	firm; fast
simp. and trad. (把牢)		把	牢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎláo
    • Wade–Giles: pa³-lao²
    • Yale: bǎ-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baalau
    • Palladius: балао (balao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa² lou⁴
    • Yale: bá lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa² lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba² lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ lou̯²¹/

Verb

把⫽牢 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to hold on
2. to maintain; to preserve

Synonyms

• (to hold on): 把穩／把稳 (bǎwěn)
• (to maintain):

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• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 保守 (bǎoshǒu)
• 保持 (bǎochí)
• 守 (shǒu)
• 維持 / 维持 (wéichí)
• 維繫 / 维系 (wéixì)

Adjective

把牢

1. (regional, chiefly in the negative) reliable; trustworthy
2. (regional, chiefly in the negative) stable; secure; steady

Synonyms

• (reliable):

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• 信實 / 信实 (xìnshí)
• 保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
• 停 (tíng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 可恃 (kěshì) (literary)
• 可靠 (kěkào)
• 把穩 / 把稳 (bǎwěn) (regional)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢牢 (láoláo)
• 牢靠 (láokào)
• 穩妥 / 稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
• 穩當 / 稳当
• 穩陣 / 稳阵 (wan2 zan6) (Cantonese)

• (stable):

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• 安定 (āndìng)
• 安穩 / 安稳 (ānwěn)
• 安頓 / 安顿 (āndùn)
• 平穩 / 平稳 (píngwěn)
• 穩定 / 稳定 (wěndìng)
• 穩當 / 稳当