(bǎo) - to protect, to keep, to preserve in Mandarin
bǎoTraditional: 保
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Translation
to protect, to keep, to preserve
Word origin
An ideographic character showing the person radical 亻beside 呆, a graphic of a child, depicting an adult protecting a child, hence to protect, to keep or to preserve.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 亻(person radical) + 呆 (a child being carried)
Stroke order
保
Examples
环境。
We need to protect the environment.
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I guarantee I won't tell anyone.
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Please keep quiet.
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Please keep your belongings safe.
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The doctor saved his life.
保 (bǎo) means to protect or to keep. It anchors 保护 (to protect), 保证 (to guarantee), and 保持 (to maintain), all of which carry a sense of holding something safe or steady.
Appears in 5 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 保.
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