保障 meaning in English

bǎozhàng

to ensure; to guarantee

HSK 7-9verbnoun22 strokes

Meaning of 保障

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bǎozhàng
  1. to ensure
  2. to guarantee
  3. to safeguard

保障 in example sentences

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

社shè会huì保bǎo障zhàng吗ma?他tā们men在zài说shuō什shén么me笑xiào话huà?
Social security? Who do they think they're kidding.
德dé国guó在zài1880年nián代dài采cǎi取qǔ了le一yī种zhǒng社shè会huì保bǎo障zhàng制zhì度dù。
Germany adopted a social security system in the 1880's.
思sī想xiǎng自zì由yóu为wèi宪xiàn法fǎ所suǒ保bǎo障zhàng。
Freedom of thought is guaranteed by the constitution.
平píng等děng是shì由yóu宪xiàn法fǎ保bǎo障zhàng的de。
Equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.

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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  9. 9

障 zhàng · to separate · 13 strokes

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  13. 13

Related words

Words that share a character with 保障.

保护bǎohùto protect; to defend
保证bǎozhèngguarantee; to guarantee
保持bǎochíto keep; to maintain
确保quèbǎoto ensure; to guarantee
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
保密bǎomìto keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
保守bǎoshǒuconservative; to guard
担保dānbǎoto guarantee; to vouch for

Questions about 保障

What does 保障 mean?

保障 (bǎozhàng) means "to ensure; to guarantee" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 保障?

保障 is made of 2 characters: 保 (9 strokes), 障 (13 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 保障 an HSK word?

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