HSK 5 · Money

保险 bǎoxiǎn “insurance” in Chinese

Said as báoxiǎn

Traditional 保險

What 保险 means

  1. insurance
  2. to insure
  3. safe
  4. secure
  5. be sure
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • be bound to

Measure word 份 fèn · 一份保险 yí fèn bǎoxiǎn

How to say 保险

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale保bǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale险xiǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as báoxiǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

保险 in a sentence

  1. 为什么你买了旅行保险？

    Wèishénme nǐ mǎi le lǚxíng bǎoxiǎn?

    Why did you buy travel insurance?

    Sentence #9932501 from Tatoeba

  2. 我可以使用我的医疗保险吗？

    Wǒ kěyǐ shǐyòng wǒ de yīliáo bǎoxiǎn ma?

    Can I use my health insurance?

    Sentence #845443 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 请把这份表格寄给您的保险公司。

    Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn biǎogé jì gěi nín de bǎoxiǎn gōngsī.

    Please post this form to your insurance company.

    Sentence #984919 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 保险 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 保 (bǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 呆dull · dāiSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 呆 (dāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎo.

The character 险 (xiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
险xiǎndanger
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎn.

How to write 保险

保 9 strokes · 险 9 strokes

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保险 (bǎoxiǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 保险 (bǎoxiǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 保险

Words with 保

保证bǎozhèng · guarantee保护bǎohù · to protect保留bǎoliú · to keep保持bǎochí · to keep保存bǎocún · to conserve保养bǎoyǎng · to take care of (one’s health)保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself保密bǎomì · to keep something secret保管bǎoguǎn · to look after确保quèbǎo · to ensure

Words with 险

危险wēixiǎn · danger冒险màoxiǎn · to take risks风险fēngxiǎn · risk

More words: Money & Economy

财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product出口chūkǒu · exit兑换duìhuàn · to exchange (money)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund总和zǒnghé · sum租赁zūlìn · to rent

FAQs

保险 (bǎoxiǎn) means “insurance” or “to insure”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bǎoxiǎn: bǎo with a 3rd tone, then xiǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like báoxiǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 保险 is written 保險. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 份 (fèn). For example, one insurance is 一份保险 (yí fèn bǎoxiǎn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baoxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 保险 from the suggestions. Typing baoxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
保险 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.