保不住

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	incessantly; without end; nonstop
trad. (保不住)		保	不住
simp. ^#(保不住)		保	不住

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎobuzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² bat¹ zyu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎobuzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎobůjhù
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-pu⁵-chu⁴
  - Yale: bǎu-bu-jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baobujuh
  - Palladius: баобучжу (baobučžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² bat¹ zyu⁶
  - Yale: bóu bāt jyuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² bat⁷ dzy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² bed¹ ju⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²²/

Verb

保不住

(literally) to be unable to maintain

Adverb

保不住

(colloquial) may well (have ...); probably; quite possibly

Synonyms

也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
可能 (kěnéng)
容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
怕是 (pàshì)
或者 (huòzhě)
或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
歉采 (Hokkien)
殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)

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