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保

bǎo (bao³) Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄅㄠˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
bou² Cantonese, Jyutping
pó Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
bau³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
bǎu Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
bō̤ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
pó Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
pó͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
bao² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
bo² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
⁵pau Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
bǎo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄅㄠˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
bǎo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
pao³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
bǎu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
bao Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
бао Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/pɑʊ̯²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
bou² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
bóu Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/pou̯³⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
pó Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
bo^ˋ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
bo³ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
/po³¹/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
bau³ Hakka, 梅州話, 客家話拼音

Where it comes from

在甲骨文中，該字是會意漢字：人 + 子 (“孩子”) – 背著孩子的人；背負 (孩子) > 保護。

早期金文中，在人的背後加了一個爪／手，強調人背著孩子。後簡化為一筆或兩筆，現今形式為兩筆。

釋義

養護；贍養
保持，維持
負責，承擔
維護，保護你要保大還是保小？
確保，保障
仗恃
舉薦
擔保人
Similar: 保人, 保家, 保家人, 保山, 保證人, 保证人, 擔保人, 担保人
abbreviation 保釋／保释 (bǎoshì)的簡稱。
historical 基層自治組織，五家為一保
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"保." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%BF%9D. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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保. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%BF%9D

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"保." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%BF%9D.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {保},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%BF%9D},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}