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保安

bǎo ān 3–1

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

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
保 · 安
Syllables
2
bǎo ān
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 3,028

Part of speech: b,n,v

Character by character

  • 保bǎo9 strokesHSK 3protect, safeguard, defend, care
  • 安ān6 strokesHSK 2peaceful, tranquil, quiet

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 叫保安来!

    Jiào bǎo ān lái

    Call security!

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

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

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