保真

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	real; true; genuine
trad. (保真/保眞)		保	真/眞
simp. (保真)		保	真
alternative forms		葆真

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎozhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² zan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎozhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎojhen
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-chên¹
    • Yale: bǎu-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojen
    • Palladius: баочжэнь (baočžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² zan¹
    • Yale: bóu jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

保真

1. to keep to the original
2. (electronics) to be high fidelity