保護費

Chinese

		to protect; to safeguard; to conserve to protect; to safeguard; to conserve; to preserve	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (保護費)		保護	費
simp. (保护费)		保护	费

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎohùfèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wu⁶ fai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎohùfèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎohùfèi
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-hu⁴-fei⁴
  - Yale: bǎu-hù-fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baohuhfey
  - Palladius: баохуфэй (baoxufɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² wu⁶ fai³
  - Yale: bóu wuh fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wu⁶ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² wu⁶ fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wuː²² fɐi̯³³/

Noun

保護費

protection money; money extorted by criminals at regular intervals
Synonym: 陀地 (to⁴ dei^6-2) (Cantonese)
- 2024, “古惑仔 [gu² waak⁶ zai²]”, in 富豪島‎^[1], performed by Young HighLos:
  
  古惑仔　諗個古惑計　我同我班閪佬喺度收保護費 [Cantonese, trad.]
  古惑仔　谂个古惑计　我同我班𲈹佬喺度收保护费 [Cantonese, simp.]
  gu² waak⁶ zai², nam² go³ gu² waak⁶ gai^3-2, ngo⁵ tung⁴ ngo⁵ baan¹ hai¹ lou² hai² dou⁶ sau¹ bou² wu⁶ fai³ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)