保
Meanings
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- 1.Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亚[Bǎo jiā lì yà])
- 1.to defend; to protect; to keep
- 2.to guarantee; to ensure
- 3.(old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system
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Wiktionary
- 1.to raise; to rear
- 2.to keep; to maintain
- 3.to protect; to safeguard; to defend
- 4.to ensure; to guarantee
- 5.guarantor
- 6.an ancient Chinese administrative unit, consisting of 100 households
- 7.a surname, Bao
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Etymology
In the oracle script, this character was an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 人 (“person”) + 子 (“child”) – a person carrying a child on his back; to carry (a child) > to protect. See also 好. In early bronze inscriptions, 爪 (“hand”) was added to the person to emphasize that the person was carrying the child. This was later simplified into one or two strokes. The current form has two. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *puʔ (“to carry (on back or shoulders)”). Cognate with 抱 (OC *buːʔ, “to heft, hug”); see there for more (STEDT).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
你保證嗎？
Do you promise?
你需要保護。
You need protection.
我保證明天就做
I promise I'll do that tomorrow.
你有醫療保險嗎？
Do you have medical insurance?
這是鳥類保護區。
This is a bird sanctuary.
湯姆有環保意識。
Tom is environmentally conscious.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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