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保证 (bǎo zhèng) — to guarantee, to ensure, to pledge; (noun) guarantee, assurance

Definition

保证 (bǎozhèng) is the everyday verb 'to guarantee/pledge,' used for both personal promises (我保证...) and product/service assurances. It pairs with a clause or noun; 保障 focuses more on safeguarding rights or safety.

verb
to guaranteeto ensureto pledge
noun
guaranteeassurance
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 保证，。
    Wǒ xiàng nǐ bǎo zhèng, wǒ míng tiān yí dìng zhǔn shí dào.
    I guarantee you that I will arrive on time tomorrow.
  • 保证。
    Zhè shì tā gěi nǐ de yí gè bǎo zhèng.
    This is a guarantee he gave you.
  • 保证。
    Wǒ men bǎo zhèng suǒ yǒu chǎn pǐn dōu jīng guò jiǎn chá.
    We guarantee that all products have been inspected.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

保bǎoguarantee
证zhèngprove

保 + 证: bao means guarantee, zheng means prove. Together they mean to guarantee.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 證; 证 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
登
登dēng證zhèng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 證 pairs 言, a words/speech part, with 登 as a sound clue; the simplified 证 is a later shorthand.

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