保庇

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to protect; cover; shelter to protect; cover; shelter; hide or harbour
trad. (保庇)		保	庇
simp. ^#(保庇)		保	庇

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bo³ bi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pó-pì / pó͘-pì

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo² bi³

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bo³ bi⁴ [Phonetic: bou⁵ i⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beô-bi̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(p-)i⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bo³ bi⁴ [Phonetic: bou⁵ wi⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu³³²⁻²¹ ^(p-)βi⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-pì
  - Tâi-lô: pó-pì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'pix
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi¹¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /po⁴²⁻²⁴ pi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-pì
  - Tâi-lô: póo-pì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pofpix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /pɔ⁴²⁻²⁴ pi²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo² bi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó pì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ pi²¹³/

Verb

保庇

(Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) to bless and protect
- Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板秦世美全歌》, volume 5, 潮州 [Chaozhou]: 李萬利, page 3v:
  
  愿待慈悲保庇恁 /乞恁返魂福禄家 [Teochew, trad.]
  愿待慈悲保庇恁 /乞恁返魂福禄家 [Teochew, simp.]
  nguêng⁶ tai⁶ ce⁵ bui¹ bo² bi³ ning² / keh⁴ ning² huang² hung⁵ hog⁴ log⁸ gê¹ [Peng'im]
  Awaiting benevolent mercy to protect you / to return you to life and a wealthy, healthy family

Synonyms

保佑 (bǎoyòu)
庇佑 (bìyòu)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “保庇”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 58.