(bǎo zhèng) - to guarantee, to assure; guarantee in Mandarin

bǎozhèng

Traditional: 保證

HSK 5

#486 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to guarantee, to assure; guarantee

Word origin

A two-character word: 保 'to protect, to assure' (person radical 亻) plus 证 'to prove, to testify' (the simplified speech radical 讠with 正 zhèng phonetic). Together 保证 means to guarantee or assure.

Origin: compound
Root: 保 (assure) + 证 (讠speech + 正 zhèng phonetic)

Stroke order

保

证

Examples

。

I guarantee I won't be late again.

。

This thing has a guarantee.

？

Can you guarantee it?

。

I promise I won't be late.

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He guarantees he will definitely come tomorrow.

保证 (bǎo zhèng) - to guarantee, to assure; guarantee.

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This word is part of lesson 10.