How to pronounce Baochai?

Xue Baochai, one of the heroines in Cao Xueqin's novel A Dream of Red Mansions, ranks with Lin Daiyu as the first of the twelve women in Jinling, and Jia Baoyu's subordinate sister (aunt) and wife.

Xue Baochai (Baoyu's aunt) was born in Jinling City, one of the four families "Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue". This Xue family is the heir of Gong Xue, the sage of Wei Zi. * * * Eight rooms. On the "official protection symbol", Xue Jia has the saying that "pearls are like earth, and gold is like iron", describing that he has millions of property and is extremely rich. Good looks, elegant manners and profound knowledge are praised by the Jia family.

Father (Uncle Xue) died early, with mother (Aunt Xue) and brother (Xue Pan). After Baochai went to Beijing, she lived in pear fragrance court, Jiafu, with her mother, Aunt Xue and her brother Xue Pan, and then moved to a secluded house in the northeast.

Because the Dream of Red Mansions was lost in 1980s, it is speculated that after Lin Daiyu's death, Jia Baoyu married Xue Baochai, but they did not grow old together. Jia Baoyu soon saw through the world of mortals and became a monk.