保证金 (bǎo zhèng jīn) — (general) security deposit, cash deposit (money placed as a guarantee); (real estate) down payment, earnest money; (law) bail

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• 租房时，你需要先交两个月的保证金。
  Zū fáng shí, nǐ xū yào xiān jiāo liǎng gè yuè de bǎo zhèng jīn.
  When renting a house, you need to first pay two months' security deposit.
• 买这套房子需要先付百分之二十的保证金。
  Mǎi zhè tào fáng zi xū yào xiān fù bǎi fēn zhī èr shí de bǎo zhèng jīn.
  To buy this house, you need to first pay a twenty percent down payment.
• 法官要求他交十万元保证金才能暂时被释放。
  Fǎ guān yāo qiú tā jiāo shí wàn yuán bǎo zhèng jīn cái néng zàn shí bèi shì fàng.
  The judge required him to pay a bail of one hundred thousand yuan to be temporarily released.