(bǎo hù) - to protect, to guard, to safeguard in Mandarin

bǎohù

Traditional: 保護

HSK 4

#459 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to protect, to guard, to safeguard

Word origin

A two-character word: 保 'to protect' (person radical 亻) plus 护 'to guard, to defend' (the simplified form pairs the hand radical 扌 with 户 hù as phonetic). Together 保护 means to protect or safeguard.

Origin: compound
Root: 保 (protect) + 护 (扌 hand + 户 hù phonetic)

Stroke order

保

护

Examples

环huán境jìng。

We must protect the environment.

。

Parents will protect their children.

树shù。

We must protect the trees and water here.

环huán境jìng。

We should protect the environment.

。

Parents always protect their children.

保护 (bǎo hù) - to protect, to guard, to safeguard.

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This word is part of lesson 10.