保甲制度 bǎojiǎzhìdù Bao-Jia system Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 保甲 bǎojiǎ baojia system (historical) A communal administrative and security system where households were organized into groups of ten called 甲 jiǎ and ten jia formed a 保 bǎo.制度 zhìdù noun system A large-scale political, economic, or social structure formed under specific historical conditions