(bǎo hù) - to protect, to guard, to safeguard in Mandarin
bǎohùTraditional: 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
环境。
We must protect the environment.
。
Parents will protect their children.
树。
We must protect the trees and water here.
环境。
We should protect the environment.
。
Parents always protect their children.
保护 (bǎo hù) - to protect, to guard, to safeguard.
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