保镖 (bǎo biāo) — bodyguard

Definition

noun
bodyguard
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 保镖
    Nà wèi míng xīng qǐng le yì míng bǎo biāo.
    That celebrity hired a bodyguard.
  • 保镖
    Tā de bǎo biāo yì zhí gēn zài tā shēn biān.
    His bodyguard is always by his side.
  • 保镖
    Zhè jiā gōng sī xū yào zhāo pìn jǐ míng bǎo biāo.
    This company needs to recruit several bodyguards.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

bǎoprotect
biāoescort

保 (protect) and 镖 (escort) together name someone who guards a person.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

保 originally showed a person 人 carrying a child 子 on their back, which led to the sense of protecting.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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