保險絲

Chinese

		to assure; to guarantee; to be bound to to assure; to guarantee; to be bound to; to be sure to	silk; thread; trace
trad. (保險絲)		保險	絲
simp. (保险丝)		保险	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoxiǎnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² him² si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-hiám-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoxiǎnsī [Phonetic: báoxiǎnsī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎosiǎnsih
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-hsien³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: bǎu-syǎn-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baosheansy
    • Palladius: баосяньсы (baosjanʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² him² si¹
    • Yale: bóu hím sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² him² si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² him² xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ hiːm³⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-hiám-si
    • Tâi-lô: pó-hiám-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'hiafmsy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/

Noun

保險絲

1. fuse (device preventing overloading of a circuit)

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 灰士
• (Min Nan) 軟線／软线