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保管

bǎo guǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

保管 (bǎo guǎn) means "to keep in safekeeping". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 保管 means

1. to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care
2. to guarantee
3. certainly; surely
4. custodian; curator

The characters in 保管

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage

Example sentences

• 我妥善保管原版拷贝。
  Wǒ tuǒshàn bǎoguǎn yuán bǎn kǎobèi.
  I keep the master copy under lock and key.
• 至于该文件，我在保管。
  As for the papers, I have custody of them.
• 你可以保管这个行李直到下午三点吗？
  Nǐ kěyǐ bǎoguǎn zhège xíngli zhídào xiàwǔ sān diǎn ma?
  Could you keep this luggage until 3 p.m.?

Words starting with 保管

• 保管员bǎo guǎn yuáncustodian; storeroom clerk
• 保管箱bǎo guǎn xiāngsafe deposit box; safe

Where 保管 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bàng–bó (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎo guǎn correctly.
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