HSK 6 · Body

保重 bǎozhòng “to take care of oneself” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 保重 means

  1. to take care of oneself

How to say 保重

  • 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重zhòng4th tone, falling

保重 in a sentence

  1. 请多保重身体。

    Qǐng duō bǎozhòng shēntǐ.

    Please take good care of yourself.

    Sentence #2704934 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 保重 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 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重zhòngheavy
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ

How to write 保重

保 9 strokes · 重 9 strokes

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

Words related to 保重

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保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance保养bǎoyǎng · to take care of (one’s health)保密bǎomì · to keep something secret保管bǎoguǎn · to look after确保quèbǎo · to ensure

Words with 重

重要zhòngyào · important重zhòng · heavy重视zhòngshì · to take seriously尊重zūnzhòng · to esteem严重yánzhòng · grave重点zhòngdiǎn · key point重新chóngxīn · again重复chóngfù · to repeat重大zhòngdà · major重量zhòngliàng · weight

More words: People, Body & Health

癌症áizhèng · cancer按摩ànmó · massage疤bā · scar保养bǎoyǎng · to take care of (one’s health)臂bì · arm鼻涕bítì · nasal mucus哺乳bǔrǔ · to breastfeed部位bùwèi · position

FAQs

保重 (bǎozhòng) means “to take care of oneself”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǎozhòng: bǎo with a 3rd tone, then zhòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 保重 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baozhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 保重 from the suggestions. Typing baozhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
保重 is an HSK 6 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.