生保

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
trad. (生保)		生	保
simp. ^#(生保)		生	保
alternative forms		生埗生暴三寶／三宝
anagram		保生

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ bou²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ bou²
  - Yale: sāang bóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ bou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ bou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

Adjective

生保

(Cantonese) unfamiliar; foreign
生保人 [Cantonese] ― saang¹ bou² jan⁴ [Jyutping] ― stranger

生保地方 [Cantonese] ― saang¹ bou² dei⁶ fong¹ [Jyutping] ― unfamiliar place

我朋友個仔一啲都唔怕生保。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我朋友个仔一啲都唔怕生保。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵ go³ zai² jat¹ di¹ dou¹ m⁴ paa³ saang¹ bou². [Jyutping]
My friend's son doesn't shy away from the unfamiliar [usually people] at all.
- 2006, “紅顏自閉 [hung4 ngaan4 zi6 bai3]”, in 林夕 [lam4 zik6] (lyrics), 聲音 [sing1 jam1], performed by 劉德華 [lau4 dak1 waa4]:
  
  去母親喪禮決不要慌　你怕生保不怕講 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  去母亲丧礼决不要慌　你怕生保不怕讲 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  heoi³ mou⁵ can¹ song¹ lai⁵ kyut³ bat¹ jiu³ fong¹, nei⁵ paa³ saang¹ bou² bat¹ paa³ gong² [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

陌生 (mòshēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	保
せい Grade: 1	ほ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Abbreviation of 生命保険 formed from the first characters of each word.

Noun

生(せい)保(ほ) • (seiho)

life insurance