保

bǎo

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Meaning

Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])
to defend; to protect; to keep
to guarantee; to ensure

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(old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system

Example

叫保安来！

Call security!

From 保安 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 保

保安bǎo'ānBonan ethnic groupHSK 3 保持bǎochíto keepHSK 3 保存bǎocúnto conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)HSK 3 保护bǎohùto protectHSK 3 保留bǎoliúto keepHSK 3 保险bǎoxiǎninsuranceHSK 3 保证bǎozhèngguaranteeHSK 3 环保huánbǎoenvironmental protectionHSK 3

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3 布bùto announceHSK 3

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