Chinese symbol for “curator”
保管
bǎo guǎn
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator
The closest CC-CEDICT match for curator is 保管 (bǎo guǎn), defined as: to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “curator”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 保管.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 保护 (保護) | bǎo hù | to protect; to defend |
| 保证 (保證) | bǎo zhèng | guarantee; to guarantee |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep; to maintain |
| 保障 | bǎo zhàng | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 确保 (確保) | què bǎo | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 保险 (保險) | bǎo xiǎn | insurance; to insure |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite; although |
See also: Japanese symbol for “curator”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.