酒保

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
trad. (酒保)		酒	保
simp. #(酒保)		酒	保

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² bou²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ziu² bao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔbǎo [Phonetic: jiúbǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒubǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-pao³
    • Yale: jyǒu-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoubao
    • Palladius: цзюбао (czjubao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² bou²
    • Yale: jáu bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ pou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziu² bao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiú páu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu⁵²⁻³⁵ pau⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

酒保

1. (dated) bartender; barkeep
2. (archaic) seller of alcoholic beverages

   • 正飲間，見一大漢，推著一輛車子，到店門首歇了；入店坐下，便喚酒保「快斟酒來吃，我待趕入城去投軍」。 [MSC, trad.]
     正饮间，见一大汉，推著一辆车子，到店门首歇了；入店坐下，便唤酒保「快斟酒来吃，我待赶入城去投军」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1

     Zhèng yǐn jiān, jiàn yī dàhàn, tuī zhù yī liàng chēzǐ, dào diàn ménshǒu xiē le; rù diàn zuòxià, biàn huàn jiǔbǎo “kuài zhēnjiǔ lái chī, wǒ dài gǎn rùchéng qù tóujūn”. [Pinyin]

     While they were drinking, they spotted a large fellow pushing a cart. The man stopped for a moment in the doorway, then entered into the tavern and sat down. The man called out to the server, "Pour me a drink and be quick about it, I'm in a hurry to get to town so that I can join the army."