# 確保
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): quèbǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kok$^3$ bou$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khok-pó
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khak-pó
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kag$^4$ bo$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: quèbǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyuèbǎo
*** Wade–Giles: chʻüeh$^4$-pao$^3$
*** Yale: chywè-bǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehbao
*** Palladius: цюэбао (cjuebao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kok$^3$ bou$^2$
*** Yale: kok bóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kok$^8$ bou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kog$^3$ bou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔːk̚³ pou̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khok-pó
*** Hakka Romanization System: kog$^ˋ$ bo$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kog$^5$ bo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰok̚² po³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khak-pó
*** Tâi-lô: khak-pó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qakpoir
*** IPA (Singapore): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ po⁴²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰak̚⁵⁻²⁴ po⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁵ po⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ pɤ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ po⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kag$^4$ bo$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khak pó
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰak̚²⁻⁴ po⁵²⁻²¹/

### Verb

確保
* to ensure; to guarantee; to make sure
    確保安全／确保安全 ― quèbǎo ānquán ― to ensure safety

#### Synonyms

* 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 保準／保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
* 保穩／保稳 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 保證／保证 (bǎozhèng)
* 保障 (bǎozhàng)
* 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
* 保領／保领 (Hokkien)
* 包
* 包保 (bāobǎo)
* 包管 (bāoguǎn) (colloquial)
* 包領／包领 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 擔保／担保 (dānbǎo)
* 管 (guǎn)
* 管保 (guǎnbǎo) (colloquial)
* 管教 (guǎnjiào)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 確 | 保 |
| かく Grade: 5 | ほ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かくほ [káꜜkùhò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ka̠kɯ̟̊ho̞]

### Noun

確(かく)保(ほ) • (kakuho)
* guarantee

### Verb

確(かく)保(ほ)する • (kakuho suru) transitive suru (stem 確(かく)保(ほ)し (kakuho shi), past 確(かく)保(ほ)した (kakuho shita))
* to reserve, to secure
    情報(じょうほう)セキュリティを確保(かくほ)する
       jōhō sekyuriti o kakuho suru
       to ensure information security
    身柄(みがら)を確保(かくほ)する
       migara o kakuho suru
       to apprehend the suspect

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 確保し | かくほし | kakuho shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 確保し | かくほし | kakuho shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 確保する | かくほする | kakuho suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 確保する | かくほする | kakuho suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 確保すれ | かくほすれ | kakuho sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 確保せよ¹ 確保しろ² | かくほせよ¹ かくほしろ² | kakuho seyo¹ kakuho shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 確保される | かくほされる | kakuho sareru |
| Causative | 確保させる 確保さす | かくほさせる かくほさす | kakuho saseru kakuho sasu |
| Potential | 確保できる | かくほできる | kakuho dekiru |
| Volitional | 確保しよう | かくほしよう | kakuho shiyō |
| Negative | 確保しない | かくほしない | kakuho shinai |
| Negative continuative | 確保せず | かくほせず | kakuho sezu |
| Formal | 確保します | かくほします | kakuho shimasu |
| Perfective | 確保した | かくほした | kakuho shita |
| Conjunctive | 確保して | かくほして | kakuho shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 確保すれば | かくほすれば | kakuho sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 確 | 保 |

### Noun

確保 • (hwakbo) (hangeul 확보)
* hanja form of 확보 (“guarantee”)