保安 bǎo’ān to ensure public security
to ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production); public security; security guard
How to remember 保安: 保 to protect + 安 peace = to ensure public security.
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How it is used
- A security guard; to maintain security - 小区保安 (xiǎoqū bǎo'ān) the compound's security guard.
- Most commonly the person (the guard); the verbal 'ensure security' sense is more formal.
- Contrast 保镖 (bǎobiāo, personal bodyguard) - 保安 guards premises, 保镖 protects an individual.
Example sentences
- 叫保安来！ Jiào bǎoān lái!Call security!
- 别麻烦保安了。 Bié máfán bǎoān le.Don't bother calling security.
- 请帮我叫宾馆保安。 Qǐng bāng wǒ jiào bīnguǎn bǎoān.Please get me hotel security.