保佑

Chinese

	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	bless; protect
trad. (保佑)	保	佑
simp. ^#(保佑)	保	佑
alternative forms	保祐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎoyòu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² jau⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): bau³ iu
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-yu
Northern Min (KCR): bǎu-iǔ
Eastern Min (BUC): bō̤-iêu / bō̤-ô
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pó-iū / pó͘-iū

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo² iu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoyòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoyòu
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-yu⁴
  - Yale: bǎu-yòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoyow
  - Palladius: баою (baoju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² jau⁶
  - Yale: bóu yauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² jau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² yeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ jɐu̯²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bau³ iu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹³⁻²¹ iu¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-yu
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` iu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ i̯u⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-yu
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` (r)iu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ (j)i̯u⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǎu-iǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹ iu²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bō̤-iêu / bō̤-ô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³⁻⁵⁵ iɛu²⁴²/, /po³³⁻⁵⁵ ou²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-iū
  - Tâi-lô: pó-iū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poyiu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-iū
  - Tâi-lô: póo-iū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pofiu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo² iu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó iŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ iu³⁵/

Middle Chinese: pawX hjuwH

Rime
Character	保	佑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	博抱切	于救切
Baxter	pawX	hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^X/	/ɦɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^X/	/ɦiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^X/	/ɣiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^X/	/ɦuw^H/
Li Rong	/pɑu^X/	/ɣiu^H/
Wang Li	/pɑu^X/	/ɣĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑu^X/	/i̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎo	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou²	jau⁶

Verb

保佑

to bless and protect; to be safeguarded
上帝保佑你！ ― Shàngdì bǎoyòu nǐ! ― God bless you!

上帝保佑女王 ― Shàngdì bǎoyòu Nǚwáng ― God Bless the Queen

我明天要考試了，保佑我吧！ [MSC, trad.]
我明天要考试了，保佑我吧！ [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ míngtiān yào kǎoshì le, bǎoyòu wǒ ba! [Pinyin]
I have an exam tomorrow - wish me luck!

Synonyms

呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
庇佑 (bìyòu) (especially from deities )
賜福／赐福 (cìfú)

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