作保

作保

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
simp. and trad. (作保)		作	保

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ bou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuòbǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohbao
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ bou²
    • Yale: jok bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ bou²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ pou̯³⁵/

Verb

作保

1. to be (somebody's) guarantor, to stand bail for; to vouch for

   • 我到各處，常常遇到這種人，這樣向我求情：「請省裏來的委員作保！」 [MSC, trad.]
     我到各处，常常遇到这种人，这样向我求情：“请省里来的委员作保！” [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒ dào gèchù, chángcháng yù dào zhè zhǒng rén, zhèyàng xiàng wǒ qiúqíng: “Qǐng shěng lǐ lái de wěiyuán zuòbǎo!” [Pinyin]

     Visiting various places, I often came across such people who pleaded with me, “Mr. Committeeman from the provincial capital, please be my sponsor!”