Definition & Meaning

be somebody's guarantor

Word usage

zuò bǎo

作 保

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v.be somebody's guarantor
- wèi mǒu rén de pǐn xíng zuò bǎo
  为某人的品行作保
  guarantee somebody's good behaviour
- qǐng rén zuò bǎo
  请人作保
  ask a person to be one's guarantor
- wèi yín háng dài kuǎn zuò bǎo
  为银行贷款作保
  guarantee a bank loan
- wǒ wèi bào gào de zhì liàng zuò bǎo wǒ zuó wǎn kàn guo
  我为报告的质量作保，我昨晚看过。
  I’ll vouch for the quality of the report. I read it last night.

Word usage

Separable word
"作" and "保" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 我父亲为别人作过几次保。
  My father has bail out others several times.
- 王先生为他作了保。
  Mr. Wang has bailed out him.
- 你给他作不了保。
  You can't bail out him.

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