担保人 (dān bǎo rén) — guarantor | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A 担保人 is the person who takes legal responsibility for someone else's debt or obligation if they fail to pay or perform. Often used in formal/legal contexts like loans (贷款) and contracts (合同).

noun

guarantor

Measure word · 个

Examples

担保人。
Tā shì wǒ dài kuǎn de dān bǎo rén.
He is the guarantor for my loan.
担保人。
Gōng sī xū yào zhǎo yí wèi dān bǎo rén cái néng qiān hé tong.
The company needs to find a guarantor before signing the contract.
担保人，。
Zuò wéi dān bǎo rén, tā yào chéng dān huán kuǎn zé rèn.
As a guarantor, he must bear the responsibility of repayment.

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.

担保guarantee

担dānbear保bǎoguarantee

联合Coordinate

担保人 joins 担保 guarantee with 人 person, meaning one who guarantees.

Characters in this word

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

扌旦担

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

旦

旦dàn担dàn

Same sound today

In 担, the left part 扌 is the hand, showing that the action involves using the hand. The right part 旦 shows how it sounds.

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

人人rénperson
子子zǐchild

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

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Appears in

Finance & Banking Law & Justice

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