投保

Chinese

		to throw; to send	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
trad. (投保)		投	保
simp. #(投保)		投	保

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóubǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ bou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-pó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóubǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóubǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-pao³
    • Yale: tóu-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourbao
    • Palladius: тоубао (toubao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ bou²
    • Yale: tàuh bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ pou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-pó
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-pó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'poir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² po⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² po⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² po⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ po⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ pɤ⁴¹/

Verb

投⫽保 (verb-object)

1. to take out insurance; to insure

Synonyms

• 參保／参保 (cānbǎo)

Derived terms

• 投保人 (tóubǎorén)