保障

Chinese

 
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
to block; to hinder; to obstruct
simp. and trad.
(保障)

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts. In the legal sense, wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese  () (しょう) (hoshō).

Pronunciation


Verb

保障

  1. to assure; to provide guarantee
  2. to defend; to protect

Noun

保障

  1. guarantee; assurance
    安全保障   ānquán bǎozhàng   security assurance
  2. protection; defense

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

保障 (hiragana ほしょう, rōmaji hoshō)

  1. guarantee
  2. warranty

Verb

保障する (hiragana ほしょうする, rōmaji hoshō suru)

  1. guarantee, endorse, assure

Conjugation

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