保
bǎoBǎo HSK3

protect

保 bǎo frequency
protect expression
to defend or safeguard from harm or danger

这些士兵驻守在边疆，誓死要保家卫国。

zhè​xiē shì​bīng zhù​shǒu zài biān​jiāng, shì​sǐ yào bǎo jiā wèi​guó.

These soldiers are stationed at the border, vowing to defend their homes and country to the death.

administrative unit noun
a historical civil administration unit within the baojia system

在旧社会的基层管理中，十家编为一保。

zài jiù shè​huì de jī​céng guǎn​lǐ zhōng, shí jiā biān​wéi yī bǎo.

In the grassroots management of the old society, ten households were organized into one 'bao'.

guarantee verb
to ensure, maintain, or promise a certain outcome or state

我向你保，这台机器质量绝对没问题。

wǒ xiàng nǐ bǎo, zhè tái jī​qì zhì​liàng jué​duì méi wèn​tí.

I guarantee you that there's absolutely no problem with the quality of this machine.

保 Bǎo
Bulgaria abbreviation
Bulgaria (abbreviation for 保加利亚 Bǎo​jiā​lì​yà)

中保两国建立了外交关系。

Zhōng Bǎo liǎng guó jiàn​lì le wài​jiāo guān​xi.

China and Bulgaria have established diplomatic relations.

Frequency
Character
Written text
266th most common 849.7 per million
Movie subtitles
207th most common 848.2 per million appears in 95% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
33.6 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
128.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+4FDD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)