保
Meaning
- to defend; to protect; to keep
- to guarantee; to ensure
- (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system
Example sentence
这个能保暖。
This will keep you warm.
The character 保
保 is 亻, a person, beside 呆 — an adult carrying a child, which is what protecting looks like. 保护 to protect, 保存 to keep, 保留 to hold back, 保证 to guarantee, 保险 insurance.
Words containing 保
- 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security
- 保持 bǎo chí to keep
- 保存 bǎo cún to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
- 保护 bǎo hù to protect
- 保留 bǎo liú to keep
- 保险 bǎo xiǎn insurance
- 保证 bǎo zhèng guarantee
- 环保 huán bǎo environmental protection
- 确保 què bǎo to ensure; to guarantee
- 保密 bǎo mì to keep sth confidential
- 保守 bǎo shǒu conservative
- 担保 dān bǎo to guarantee