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保險

简保险 · 繁保險

Mandarin · pinyin bǎo xiǎn

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保: bǎo · protect, safeguard, defend, care
險: Look up this written character
险: xiǎn · narrow pass, strategic point

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3–3 · bao3 xian3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bou2 him2

Cantonese word readings for 保險. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to assure; to guarantee
(colloquial) to be bound to; to be sure to
(literary) to guard a strategic place; to defend a strategic pass

adj

safe; secure

noun

safety (mechanical device on a firearm)
insurance; indemnity (equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another in exchange for payment) (Classifier: 份 m c)

adv

(dialectal) certainly

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