| 保不齐 | [ baǒ bu qí ] more likely than not, quite possible, on the cards |
| 保亭县 | [ baǒ tíng xiàn ] Baoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan |
| 保亭黎族苗族自治县 | [ baǒ tíng lí zú zú zì zhì xiàn ] Baoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan |
| 保全员 | [ baǒ quán yuán ] (Tw) security guard |
| 保力龙 | [ baǒ lì lóng ] polystyrene |
| 保加利亚 | [ baǒ jiā lì yà ] Bulgaria |
| 保单 | [ baǒ dān ] guarantee slip |
| 保外就医 | [ baǒ waì jiù yī ] to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner) |
| 保守主义 | [ baǒ shoǔ zhǔ yì ] conservatism |
| 保守党 | [ baǒ shoǔ dǎng ] conservative political parties |
| 保安人员 | [ baǒ ān rén yuán ] security personnel, member of police force |
| 保安团 | [ baǒ ān tuán ] peace keeping group |
| 保安局局长 | [ baǒ ān jú jú zhǎng ] Secretary for Security (Hong Kong) |
| 保安自动化 | [ baǒ ān zì dòng huà ] security automation |
| 保安部队 | [ baǒ ān bù duì ] security forces |
| 保定地区 | [ baǒ dìng dì qū ] Baoding county (old name) |
| 保家卫国 | [ baǒ jiā weì guó ] guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense |
| 保密协议 | [ baǒ mì xié yì ] non-disclosure agreement, confidentiality agreement |
| 保山地区 | [ baǒ shān dì qū ] Baoshan prefecture in Yunnan |
| 保康县 | [ baǒ kāng xiàn ] Baokang county in Xiangfan 襄樊[Xiang1 fan2], Hubei |
| 保德县 | [ baǒ dé xiàn ] Baode county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi |
| 保惠师 | [ baǒ huì shī ] comforter |
| 保户 | [ baǒ hù ] insurance policy holder |
| 保时捷 | [ baǒ shí jié ] Porsche (car company) |
| 保残守缺 | [ baǒ cán shoǔ quē ] conservative, to preserve the outmoded |
| 保准 | [ baǒ zhǔn ] variant of 保准[bao3 zhun3] |
| 保温 | [ baǒ wēn ] to keep hot, heat preservation |
| 保温瓶 | [ baǒ wēn píng ] thermos |
| 保洁 | [ baǒ jié ] sanitation |
| 保洁箱 | [ baǒ jié xiāng ] litter-bin |
| 保湿 | [ baǒ shī ] to moisturize, moisturizing |
| 保尔 | [ baǒ ěr ] Paul (name) |
| 保尔森 | [ baǒ ěr sēn ] Paulson or Powellson (name), Henry (Hank) Paulson (1946-), US banker, US Treasury Secretary 2006-2009 |
| 保环主义 | [ baǒ huán zhǔ yì ] environmentalism |
| 保留剧目 | [ baǒ liú jù mù ] repertory, repertoire, repertory item |
| 保留区 | [ baǒ liú qū ] reservation (for an ethnic minority) |
| 保皇党 | [ baǒ huáng dǎng ] royalists |
| 保监会 | [ baǒ jiān huì ] China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), abbr. for 中國保險監督管理委員會|中国保险监督管理委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Bao3 xian3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] |
| 保税 | [ baǒ shuì ] bonded (goods, factory etc) |
| 保税区 | [ baǒ shuì qū ] duty-free district, tariff-free zone, bonded area |
| 保管员 | [ baǒ guǎn yuán ] custodian, storeroom clerk |
| 保罗 | [ baǒ luó ] Paul |
| 保卫 | [ baǒ weì ] to defend, to safeguard |
| 保卫祖国 | [ baǒ weì zǔ guó ] to defend one's country |
| 保角对应 | [ baǒ duì yìng ] (math.) distance-preserving correspondence, conformal map |
| 保语 | [ baǒ yǔ ] Bulgarian language |
| 保证 | [ baǒ zhèng ] guarantee, to guarantee, to ensure, to safeguard, to pledge, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 保证人 | [ baǒ zhèng rén ] guarantor, bailor |
| 保证破坏战略 | [ baǒ zhèng pò zhàn lvè ] assured destruction strategy |
| 保证金 | [ baǒ zhèng jīn ] earnest money, cash deposit, bail, margin (in derivative trading) |
| 保护 | [ baǒ hù ] to protect, to defend, to safeguard, protection, CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 保护主义 | [ baǒ hù zhǔ yì ] protectionism |
| 保护人 | [ baǒ hù rén ] guardian, carer, patron |
| 保护伞 | [ baǒ hù sǎn ] protective umbrella, fig. person affording protection (esp. corrupt) |
| 保护剂 | [ baǒ hù jì ] protective agent |
| 保护区 | [ baǒ hù qū ] conservation district, CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] |
| 保护国 | [ baǒ hù guó ] protectorate |
| 保护性 | [ baǒ hù xìng ] protective |
| 保护模式 | [ baǒ hù mó shì ] protected mode |
| 保护神 | [ baǒ hù shén ] patron saint, guardian angel |
| 保护者 | [ baǒ hù zhě ] protector |
| 保护色 | [ baǒ hù sè ] protective coloration, camouflage |
| 保费 | [ baǒ feì ] insurance premium |
| 保质期 | [ baǒ zhì qī ] date of use (on foodstuffs), best before date |
| 保释 | [ baǒ shì ] to release on bail, to bail |
| 保镖 | [ baǒ ] bodyguard |
| 保镳 | [ baǒ ] variant of 保鏢|保镖[bao3 biao1] |
| 保长 | [ baǒ cháng ] (math.) distance-preserving, isometric |
| 保长 | [ baǒ zhǎng ] head of a bao 保[bao3] in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system |
| 保长对应 | [ baǒ cháng duì yìng ] (math.) distance-preserving correspondence, isometry |
| 保障监督 | [ baǒ zhàng jiān dū ] safeguards |
| 保险 | [ baǒ xiǎn ] insurance, to insure, safe, secure, be sure, be bound to, CL:份[fen4] |
| 保险单 | [ baǒ xiǎn dān ] insurance policy (document) |
| 保险套 | [ baǒ xiǎn taò ] condom, CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 保险杠 | [ baǒ xiǎn gàng ] car bumper |
| 保险柜 | [ baǒ xiǎn guì ] a safe, strongbox |
| 保险灯 | [ baǒ xiǎn dēng ] kerosene lamp |
| 保险盒 | [ baǒ xiǎn hé ] fuse box |
| 保险箱 | [ baǒ xiǎn xiāng ] safe deposit box, a safe |
| 保险丝 | [ baǒ xiǎn sī ] fuse wire, (electrical) fuse |
| 保险解开系统 | [ baǒ xiǎn jiě kaī xì tǒng ] arming system |
| 保险费 | [ baǒ xiǎn feì ] insurance fee |
| 保靖县 | [ baǒ jìng xiàn ] Baojing County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 保养 | [ baǒ yǎng ] to take good care of (or conserve) one's health, to keep in good repair, to maintain, maintenance |
| 保驾 | [ baǒ jià ] (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage), (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) |
| 保驾护航 | [ baǒ jià hù háng ] (idiom) to safeguard (sth), to protect (sth) |
| 保鲜 | [ baǒ xiān ] to keep fresh |
| 保鲜期 | [ baǒ xiān qī ] shelf life, freshness date |
| 保鲜纸 | [ baǒ xiān zhǐ ] plastic wrap, cling wrap, cling film |
| 保鲜膜 | [ baǒ xiān mó ] plastic wrap, preservative film, cling film |
| 保丽龙 | [ baǒ lì lóng ] styrofoam |
| 保龄球 | [ baǒ líng qiú ] ten-pin bowling (loanword), bowling ball |
| ⇒ 一类保护动物 | [ yī leì baǒ hù dòng wù ] class A protected animal |
| ⇒ 不列颠保卫战 | [ bù liè diān baǒ weì zhàn ] see 不列顛戰役|不列颠战役[Bu4 lie4 dian1 Zhan4 yi4] |
| ⇒ 中国保险监督管理委员会 | [ zhōng guó baǒ xiǎn jiān dū guǎn lǐ weǐ yuán huì ] China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) |
| ⇒ 中国国家环保局 | [ zhōng guó guó jiā huán baǒ jú ] PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) |
| ⇒ 中国国家环境保护总局 | [ zhōng guó guó jiā huán jìng baǒ hù zǒng jú ] PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) |
| ⇒ 主保圣人 | [ zhǔ baǒ shèng rén ] patron saint |
| ⇒ 亚氏保加 | [ yà shì baǒ jiā ] see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[A1 si1 pei4 er3 ge2 er3] |
| ⇒ 交保释放 | [ baǒ shì fàng ] to release sb on bail |
| ⇒ 人寿保险 | [ rén shoù baǒ xiǎn ] life insurance |
| ⇒ 伊通自然保护区 | [ yī tōng zì rán baǒ hù qū ] Yitong nature reserve in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin |
| ⇒ 健康保险 | [ jiàn kāng baǒ xiǎn ] health insurance |
| ⇒ 债务担保证券 | [ zhaì wù dān baǒ zhèng quàn ] collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond |
| ⇒ 全国重点文物保护单位 | [ quán guó zhòng diǎn wén wù baǒ hù dān weì ] Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level |
| ⇒ 全民健康保险 | [ quán mín jiàn kāng baǒ xiǎn ] National Health Insurance (Tw) |
| ⇒ 再保证 | [ zaì baǒ zhèng ] to reassure |
| ⇒ 再保险 | [ zaì baǒ xiǎn ] reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers) |
| ⇒ 劳动保险 | [ laó dòng baǒ xiǎn ] labor insurance |
| ⇒ 半保留复制 | [ bàn baǒ liú fù zhì ] semiconservative replication |
| ⇒ 友邦保险 | [ yoǔ bāng baǒ xiǎn ] AIA Group Limited, insurance company |
| ⇒ 取保候审 | [ qǔ baǒ hoù shěn ] release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC) |
| ⇒ 取保释放 | [ qǔ baǒ shì fàng ] to be released on bail (law) |
| ⇒ 受法律保护权 | [ shoù fǎ lǜ baǒ hù quán ] right to protection by law (law) |
| ⇒ 国保 | [ guó baǒ ] abbr. for 國內安全保衛局|国内安全保卫局[Guo2 nei4 An1 quan2 Bao3 wei4 ju2], abbr. for 國民年金保險|国民年金保险[Guo2 min2 Nian2 jin1 Bao3 xian3], abbr. for 全國重點文物保護單位|全国重点文物保护单位[Quan2 guo2 Zhong4 dian3 Wen2 wu4 Bao3 hu4 Dan1 wei4] |
| ⇒ 国内安全保卫局 | [ guó neì ān quán baǒ weì jú ] Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for dealing with dissidents, activists etc |
| ⇒ 国家一级保护 | [ guó jiā yī jí baǒ hù ] Grade One State protected (species) |
| ⇒ 国家环保总局 | [ guó jiā huán baǒ zǒng jú ] (PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部[Huan2 jing4 Bao3 hu4 bu4] |
| ⇒ 国民年金保险 | [ guó mín nián jīn baǒ xiǎn ] (Tw) National Pension Insurance, a social security scheme in Taiwan |
| ⇒ 寿保险公司 | [ shoù baǒ xiǎn gōng sī ] life insurance company |
| ⇒ 宫保鸡丁 | [ gōng baǒ jī dīng ] Kung Pao Chicken, spicy diced chicken |
| ⇒ 密码保护 | [ mì mǎ baǒ hù ] password protection |
| ⇒ 屏幕保护程序 | [ píng mù baǒ hù chéng xù ] screensaver |
| ⇒ 履约保证金 | [ lǚ yuē baǒ zhèng jīn ] performance bond (international trade) |
| ⇒ 康保县 | [ kāng baǒ xiàn ] Kangbao county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei |
| ⇒ 德保县 | [ dé baǒ xiàn ] Debao county in Baise 百色[Bai3 se4], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 拉鲁湿地国家自然保护区 | [ lā lǔ shī dì guó jiā zì rán baǒ hù qū ] Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa |
| ⇒ 舍车保帅 | [ shě jū baǒ ] rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling, to pass the buck |
| ⇒ 担保 | [ dān baǒ ] to guarantee, to vouch for |
| ⇒ 旱涝保收 | [ hàn laò baǒ shoū ] to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood, to bring a stable income |
| ⇒ 弃保潜逃 | [ qì baǒ qián taó ] to jump bail |
| ⇒ 毫无保留 | [ haó wú baǒ liú ] to hold nothing back, without reservation |
| ⇒ 泥菩萨过江，自身难保 | [ ní pú sà guò jiāng zì shēn nán baǒ ] like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety, unable to save oneself, let alone others |
| ⇒ 消费者保护 | [ feì zhě baǒ hù ] consumer protection (law) |
| ⇒ 准保 | [ zhǔn baǒ ] certainly, for sure |
| ⇒ 环保 | [ huán baǒ ] environmental protection, environmentally friendly, abbr. for 環境保護|环境保护[huan2 jing4 bao3 hu4] |
| ⇒ 环保主义 | [ huán baǒ zhǔ yì ] environmentalism |
| ⇒ 环保主义者 | [ huán baǒ zhǔ yì zhě ] environmentalist |
| ⇒ 环保型 | [ huán baǒ xíng ] environmental, environmentally friendly |
| ⇒ 环保局 | [ huán baǒ jú ] environment protection office, PRC National bureau of environmental protection |
| ⇒ 环保厅 | [ huán baǒ tīng ] (provincial) department of environmental protection |
| ⇒ 环保科学 | [ huán baǒ kē xué ] environmental science |
| ⇒ 环保筷 | [ huán baǒ ] reusable chopsticks (Tw) |
| ⇒ 环保部 | [ huán baǒ bù ] Ministry of Environmental Protection |
| ⇒ 环保斗士 | [ huán baǒ doù shì ] an environmental activist, a fighter for environmental protection |
| ⇒ 环境保护 | [ huán jìng baǒ hù ] environmental protection |
| ⇒ 环境保护部 | [ huán jìng baǒ hù bù ] (PRC) Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) |
| ⇒ 白水江自然保护区 | [ baí shuǐ jiāng zì rán baǒ hù qū ] Baishuijiang Nature Reserve, Gansu |
| ⇒ 相互保证毁灭 | [ xiāng hù baǒ zhèng huǐ miè ] mutual assured destruction |
| ⇒ 确保 | [ què baǒ ] to ensure, to guarantee |
| ⇒ 社会保障 | [ shè huì baǒ zhàng ] social security |
| ⇒ 社会保险 | [ shè huì baǒ xiǎn ] social security, abbr. to 社保 |
| ⇒ 积石山保安族东乡族撒拉族自治县 | [ jī shí shān baǒ ān zú dōng xiāng zú sā lā zú zì zhì xiàn ] Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu |
| ⇒ 约翰保罗 | [ yuē hàn baǒ luó ] John Paul (name), Pope John Paul II, Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), Pope 1978-2005 |
| ⇒ 续保 | [ xù baǒ ] renewal of insurance |
| ⇒ 罗保铭 | [ luó baǒ míng ] Luo Baoming (1952-), sixth governor of Hainan |
| ⇒ 圣保罗 | [ shèng baǒ luó ] St Paul, São Paulo, city in Brazil |
| ⇒ 联保 | [ lián baǒ ] joint guarantee (finance, law) |
| ⇒ 卧龙大熊猫保护区 | [ wò lóng dà xióng maō baǒ hù qū ] Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan |
| ⇒ 卧龙自然保护区 | [ wò lóng zì rán baǒ hù qū ] Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan, home of the giant panda 大熊貓|大熊猫[da4 xiong2 mao1] |
| ⇒ 临时保姆 | [ lín shí baǒ mǔ ] temporary caregiver, babysitter |
| ⇒ 自然保护区 | [ zì rán baǒ hù qū ] nature reserve |
| ⇒ 自身难保 | [ zì shēn nán baǒ ] powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless |
| ⇒ 盖世太保 | [ gaì shì taì baǒ ] Gestapo |
| ⇒ 萤幕保护程式 | [ yíng mù baǒ hù chéng shì ] screensaver (Tw) |
| ⇒ 萤幕保护装置 | [ yíng mù baǒ hù zhuāng zhì ] screensaver (Tw) |
| ⇒ 讨保 | [ taǒ baǒ ] to ask for bail money |
| ⇒ 财务再保险 | [ caí wù zaì baǒ xiǎn ] financial reinsurance, fin re |
| ⇒ 贸易保护主义 | [ maò yì baǒ hù zhǔ yì ] trade protectionism |
| ⇒ 资产担保证券 | [ zī chǎn dān baǒ zhèng quàn ] asset-backed security, ABS |
| ⇒ 质量保障 | [ zhì liàng baǒ zhàng ] quality assurance (QA) |
| ⇒ 医保 | [ yī baǒ ] medical insurance, abbr. for 醫療保險|医疗保险[yi1 liao2 bao3 xian3] |
| ⇒ 医疗保健 | [ yī baǒ jiàn ] health care |
| ⇒ 医疗保险 | [ yī baǒ xiǎn ] medical insurance |
| ⇒ 银保 | [ yín baǒ ] bank insurance, bancassurance |
| ⇒ 铺保 | [ pù baǒ ] shop's guarantee |
| ⇒ 难保 | [ nán baǒ ] hard to say, can't guarantee, difficult to protect, difficult to preserve |
| ⇒ 电子环保亭 | [ diàn zǐ huán baǒ tíng ] "electrical junk center", site for re-processing of old electrical and electronic equipment |
| ⇒ 养老保险 | [ yǎng laǒ baǒ xiǎn ] old-age insurance |
| ⇒ 鱼生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安 | [ yú shēng huǒ roù shēng tán qīng caì doù fu baǒ píng ān ] fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy |
