保管 meaning in English

bǎoguǎn

to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee

HSK 7-9verbnoun23 strokes

Meaning of 保管

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bǎoguǎn
  1. to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care
  2. to guarantee
  3. certainly; surely
  4. custodian; curator

保管 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ可kě以yǐ保bǎo管guǎn这zhè个ge行xíng李lǐ直zhí到dào下xià午wǔ三sān点diǎn吗ma?
Could you keep this luggage until 3 p.m.?
至zhì于yú该gāi文wén件jiàn,我wǒ在zài保bǎo管guǎn。
As for the papers, I have custody of them.
我wǒ妥tuǒ善shàn保bǎo管guǎn原yuán版bǎn拷kǎo贝bèi。
I keep the master copy under lock and key.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

保 bǎo · to defend · 9 strokes

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管 guǎn · to take care · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 保管.

保护bǎohùto protect; to defend
保证bǎozhèngguarantee; to guarantee
保持bǎochíto keep; to maintain
确保quèbǎoto ensure; to guarantee
管理guǎnlǐto supervise; to manage
保安bǎo'ānto ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production)
保险bǎoxiǎninsurance; to insure
保留bǎoliúto keep; to retain
保存bǎocúnto conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
环保huánbǎoenvironmental protection; environmentally friendly
不管bùguǎnnot to be concerned; regardless of
保密bǎomìto keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy

Questions about 保管

What does 保管 mean?

保管 (bǎoguǎn) means "to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 保管?

保管 is made of 2 characters: 保 (9 strokes), 管 (14 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 保管 an HSK word?

Yes. 保管 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.