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保单 (bǎo dān) — warranty (document guaranteeing repair/replacement); insurance policy (contract with an insurer)

Definition

保单 (bǎodān) is the document itself — the contract or certificate you receive, not the insurance plan (保险) or the coverage (保障). 份 is the standard measure word.

noun
warranty (document guaranteeing repair/replacement)insurance policy (contract with an insurer)
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 保单。
    Mǎi shǒu jī de shí hou bié wàng le ná bǎo dān.
    Don't forget to get the warranty when you buy a phone.
  • 保单。
    Zhè fèn bǎo dān de yǒu xiào qī shì liǎng nián.
    This insurance policy is valid for two years.
  • 保单。
    Tā bǎ qì chē bǎo dān fàng zài chōu ti lǐ le.
    He put the car insurance policy in the drawer.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

保bǎoguarantee
单dāndocument

保 gives the idea of guarantee and 单 a document, so it is a guarantee document.

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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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

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Finance & Banking

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