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保修 (bǎo xiū) — to be under warranty; to guarantee repair service

Definition

保修 means a seller or manufacturer promises to fix a product for free within a set period. It's narrower than 保障/保证 (general guarantees) and pairs specifically with 修, unlike 维修 (general maintenance).

verb
to be under warrantyto guarantee repair service

Examples

  • 保修。
    Xīn mǎi de kōng tiáo bǎo xiū wǔ nián.
    The newly bought air conditioner is under warranty for five years.
  • 保修。
    Chǎng jiā duì chǎn pǐn bǎo xiū sān nián.
    The manufacturer warranties the product for three years.
  • 保修。
    Nín gòu mǎi de shāng pǐn miǎn fèi bǎo xiū liǎng nián.
    The product you purchased comes with a free two-year warranty.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

保bǎoguarantee
修xiūrepair

保 means to guarantee, and 修 refers to repair, so the parts combine to mean guaranteeing repair service.

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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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu修xiū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

修 is built from 攸, which gives the sound, and 彡, a set of three strokes that shows the meaning.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6Business & Commerce

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