保底

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (保底)		保	底
simp. #(保底)		保	底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎodǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎodǐ [Phonetic: báodǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎodǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-ti³
    • Yale: bǎu-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baodii
    • Palladius: баоди (baodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² dai²
    • Yale: bóu dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

保⫽底 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to break even; to be not at a loss
2. to guarantee a minimum sum

Synonyms

• (to break even): 保本 (bǎoběn)