HSK 4 · Verbs

保证 bǎozhèng “guarantee” in Chinese

Traditional 保證

What 保证 means

  1. guarantee
  2. to ensure
  3. to safeguard
  4. to pledge

Measure word 个 gè · 一个保证 yí ge bǎozhèng

How to say 保证

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale证zhèng4th tone, falling

保证 in a sentence

  1. 我向你保证。

    Wǒ xiàng nǐ bǎozhèng.

    I promise you.

    Sentence #502727 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我保证火车会准时来。

    Wǒ bǎozhèng huǒchē huì zhǔnshí lái.

    I guarantee the train will arrive on time.

    Sentence #366823 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 单凭力量不能保证取胜。

    Dān píng lìliang bù néng bǎozhèng qǔshèng.

    Relying on strength alone cannot guarantee victory.

    Sentence #409208 from Tatoeba

How 保证 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 证 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
证zhèngto admonish
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 正straight · zhēng

How to write 保证

保 9 strokes · 证 7 strokes

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

Words related to 保证

Words with 保

保护bǎohù · to protect保留bǎoliú · to keep保持bǎochí · to keep保存bǎocún · to conserve保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance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 证

证明zhèngmíng · proof签证qiānzhèng · visa证件zhèngjiàn · certificate证据zhèngjù · evidence论证lùnzhèng · to prove验证yànzhèng · to verify证实zhèngshí · to confirm证书zhèngshū · certificate公证gōngzhèng · notarisation辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

More words: Thinking & Talking

影响yǐngxiǎng · influence愿意yuànyì · be willing着急zháojí · to worry注意zhùyì · pay attention to抱歉bàoqiàn · to be sorry表示biǎoshì · to express表扬biǎoyáng · to praise猜cāi · to guess

FAQs

保证 (bǎozhèng) means “guarantee” or “to ensure”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it bǎozhèng: bǎo with a 3rd tone, then zhèng with a 4th tone. 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, 保证 is written 保證. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one guarantee is 一个保证 (yí ge bǎozhèng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baozheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 保证 from the suggestions. Typing baozheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
保证 is an HSK 4 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.