HSK 6 · Money

担保 dānbǎo “to guarantee” in Chinese

Traditional 擔保

What 担保 means

  1. to guarantee
  2. to vouch for

How to say 担保

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale担dān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale保bǎo3rd tone, dipping

担保 in a sentence

  1. 我当你的担保人。

    Wǒ dāng nǐ de dānbǎorén.

    I will be your guarantor.

    Sentence #1406484 from Tatoeba

How 担保 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 担 (dān) with each of its parts in a different colour
担dānto undertake
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 旦dawn · dànSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 旦 (dàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with dān.

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.

How to write 担保

担 8 strokes · 保 9 strokes

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

Words related to 担保

Words with 担

担心dānxīn · to worry承担chéngdān · to take on (responsibility)担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)负担fùdān · burden

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)保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself保密bǎomì · to keep something secret保管bǎoguǎn · to look after

More words: Money & Economy

赤字chìzì · deficit储备chǔbèi · reserves储蓄chǔxù · savings次品cìpǐn · defective product淡季dànjì · off season倒闭dǎobì · to go bankrupt冻结dòngjié · to freeze (assets兑现duìxiàn · to fulfil (a promise)

FAQs

担保 (dānbǎo) means “to guarantee” or “to vouch for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dānbǎo: dān with a 1st tone, then bǎo with a 3rd 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, 担保 is written 擔保. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type danbao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 担保 from the suggestions. Typing danbao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
担保 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.