to maintain; to keep or preserve in an original state

to protect; to defend; to guard and keep safe from harm

to guarantee; to ensure; to promise that something will be done or a certain quality met

(bound form) to nurse; to raise; to bring up a child

(archaic) a waiter or servant in a restaurant or tavern

a person who stands as a guarantor for someone else; a person who takes responsibility for another's actions or debts

an administrative unit in the traditional 保甲 bǎo​jiǎ system, consisting of ten 甲 jiǎ (one hundred households)

abbreviation for 保加利亚 bǎo​jiā​lì​yà

a Chinese surname