護短

See also: 护短

Chinese

		protect	lack; short
trad. (護短)		護	短
simp. (护短)		护	短

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùduǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶ dyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-toán / hō͘-té

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùduǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùduǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-tuan³
    • Yale: hù-dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhdoan
    • Palladius: худуань (xuduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶ dyun²
    • Yale: wuh dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶ dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶ dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²² tyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-toán
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-tuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxdoarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹⁻²² tuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tuan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-té
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-té
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxdea
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: huH twanX

Rime
Character	護	短
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡誤切	都管切
Baxter	huH	twanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuoH/	/tuɑnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoH/	/tʷɑnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣoH/	/tuɑnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔH/	/twanX/
Li Rong	/ɣoH/	/tuɑnX/
Wang Li	/ɣuH/	/tuɑnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuoH/	/tuɑnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù	duǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu6	dyun2

Verb

護⫽短 (verb-object)

1. (idiomatic) to stick up for oneself or one's ally despite their shortcoming or wrongdoing; to avoid exposing one's own or someone's inadequacy

   • 仲尼不假蓋於子夏，護其短也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     仲尼不假盖于子夏，护其短也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 260, Ji Kang (嵇康), Letter to My Former Friend Shan Juyuan Severing All Bonds (《與山巨源絕交書》)

     Zhòngní bù jiǎ gài yú Zǐxià, hù qí duǎn yě. [Pinyin]

     Confucius refused to borrow an umbrella from Zixia, for he wished to conceal Zixia's shortcoming [i.e. unwillingness to aid others] from the view of others.

   • 諸虛名之道士，既善為誑詐，以欺學者，又多護短匿愚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     诸虚名之道士，既善为诳诈，以欺学者，又多护短匿愚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ge Hong, Baopuzi, 4^th century CE

     Zhū xūmíng zhī dàoshì, jì shàn wéi kuángzhà, yǐ qī xuézhě, yòu duō hùduǎn nìyú. [Pinyin]

     The so-called Daoists are so versed in lies and deception that learners may fall prey to them. Meanwhile they do everything to cover up their faults and conceal their stupidity.