保

Bǎo

b+ǎo·3rd tone

Bulgaria

Radical: 亻 Strokes: 9 HSK 3

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Most common

Same radical

体作信传仙修倒使代位伤假

Same radical

体作信传仙修倒使代位伤假任伏佛

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Character Decomposition

保=亻+呆

Etymology

person

Meanings

Bulgaria

Bǎo

to defend; to protect; to keep

to guarantee; to ensure

(old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 bǎo jiǎ system

bǎo

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Words with 保 370 total

security安保ān bǎo to post bail · bail交保jiāo bǎo to guarantee · to vouch for担保dān bǎo personal guarantee · to sign as guarantor人保rén bǎo joint guarantee (finance, law)联保lián bǎo hard to say · can't guarantee · difficult to protect · difficult to preserve难保nán bǎo to ensure; to guarantee确保què bǎo

Idioms with 保 16 total Chain

conservative · to preserve the outmoded保残守缺bǎo cán shǒu quē guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense保家卫国bǎo jiā wèi guó at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state · imminent crisis · living from hand to mouth朝不保夕zhāo bù bǎo xī give up a pawn to save a chariot · sacrifice minor things to save major ones丢卒保车diū zú bǎo jū