HSK 6 · Verbs

确保 quèbǎo “to ensure” in Chinese

Traditional 確保

What 确保 means

  1. to ensure
  2. to guarantee

How to say 确保

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale保bǎo3rd tone, dipping

确保 in a sentence

  1. 看电视的时候请确保屋子够亮，观看时保持距离。

    Kàn diànshì de shíhou qǐng quèbǎo wūzi gòu liàng, guānkàn shí bǎochí jùlí.

    When watching TV, please make sure the room is bright enough and keep your distance from the screen.

    Sentence #1397127 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我不能确保这一切会发生。

    Wǒ bùnéng quèbǎo zhè yíqiè huì fāshēng.

    I can’t guarantee that all this will happen.

    Sentence #6858748 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 确保这个孩子不生病。

    Quèbǎo zhè ge háizi bù shēngbìng.

    Make sure the child doesn’t get sick.

    Sentence #761316 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 确保 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 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

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 确保

确 12 strokes · 保 9 strokes

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

Words related to 确保

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct准确zhǔnquè · accurate确实quèshí · indeed明确míngquè · clear确定quèdìng · to confirm确认quèrèn · to confirm的确díquè · really确信quèxìn · to be convinced确立quèlì · to establish精确jīngquè · accurate

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: Common Verbs

倾斜qīngxié · to tilt欺骗qīpiàn · to deceive企图qǐtú · to attempt全力以赴quánlìyǐfù · to go all out确立quèlì · to establish缺席quēxí · to be absent屈服qūfú · to yield染rǎn · to dye

FAQs

确保 (quèbǎo) means “to ensure” or “to guarantee”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quèbǎo: què with a 4th 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, 确保 is written 確保. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quebao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 确保 from the suggestions. Typing quebao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
确保 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.