保存

Character by character

• 保bǎo9 strokesHSK 3protect, safeguard, defend, care
• 存cún6 strokesHSK 3exist, live, be; survive; remain

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 保存. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 保护bǎo hùHSK 3

  to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection

• 保证bǎo zhèngHSK 3

  guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge

• 存在cún zàiHSK 3

  to exist; to be; existence

• 保持bǎo chíHSK 3

  to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve

• 保险bǎo xiǎnHSK 3

  insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to

• 保bǎoHSK 3

  to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old)

• 确保què bǎoHSK 3

  to ensure; to guarantee

• 存cúnHSK 3

  to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive

• 生存shēng cúnHSK 3

  to exist; to survive

• 保留bǎo liúHSK 3

  to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later

• 保安bǎo ānHSK 3

  to ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production); public security; security guard

• 保障bǎo zhàngHSK 7

  to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard

• 环保huán bǎoHSK 3

  environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护

• 保佑bǎo yòuHSK 7

  to bless and protect; blessing

• 保守bǎo shǒuHSK 4

  conservative; to guard; to keep

• 担保dān bǎoHSK 4

  to guarantee; to vouch for

• 保卫bǎo wèiHSK 5

  to defend; to safeguard

• 保密bǎo mìHSK 4

  to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy

• 保姆bǎo mǔHSK 7

  nanny; housekeeper

• 存款cún kuǎnHSK 5

  to deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings; bank deposit

• 保管bǎo guǎnHSK 7

  to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator

• 储存chǔ cúnHSK 6

  stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage

• 保健bǎo jiànHSK 6

  health protection; health care; to maintain in good health

• 保重bǎo zhòngHSK 7

  to take care of oneself