保
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
bǎo bao3
- to defend; to protect; to keep
- to guarantee; to ensure
- civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old)
- Bulgaria
- Bulgarian
- abbr. for 保加利亚
Example sentences
- I could have been killed.
- You could have been killed.
HSK words with 保
- 保护 bǎohù to protect
- 保证 bǎozhèng guarantee
- 保持 bǎochí to keep
- 保险 bǎoxiǎn insurance
- 确保 quèbǎo to ensure; to guarantee
- 保留 bǎoliú to keep
- 保安 bǎoān to ensure public security
- 保存 bǎocún to conserve
- 环保 huánbǎo environmental protection
- 保守 bǎoshǒu conservative
- 担保 dānbǎo to guarantee
- 保密 bǎomì to keep sth confidential
- 保卫 bǎowèi to defend
- 保养 bǎoyǎng to take good care of (or conserve) one's health
- 保健 bǎojiàn health protection
- 保障 bǎozhàng to ensure
- 保佑 bǎoyòu to bless and protect
- 保姆 bǎomǔ nanny
- 保管 bǎoguǎn to hold in safekeeping
- 保重 bǎozhòng to take care of oneself
- 保暖 bǎonuǎn to keep warm
- 保鲜 bǎoxiān to keep fresh
- 保修 bǎoxiū to promise to keep sth in good repair
- 保质期 bǎozhìqī shelf life