HSK 6 · Verbs

守护 shǒuhù “to guard” in Chinese

Traditional 守護

What 守护 means

  1. to guard
  2. to protect

How to say 守护

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale守shǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale护hù4th tone, falling

守护 in a sentence

  1. 这只狗一直守护着主人的家。

    Zhè zhī gǒu yìzhí shǒuhù zhe zhǔrén de jiā.

    This dog always guards its owner’s home.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 父母一直在守护着我们。

    Fùmǔ yìzhí zài shǒuhù zhe wǒmen.

    Our parents have always looked out for us.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 守护 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 守 (shǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
守shǒuto guard
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 护 (hù) with each of its parts in a different colour
护hùto protect; to guard
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 户door · hù

Memory aidPicture a hand 扌 guarding the door 户: to protect.

How to write 守护

守 6 strokes · 护 7 strokes

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守护 (shǒuhù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 守护 (shǒuhù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 守护

Words with 守

遵守zūnshǒu · to comply with防守fángshǒu · to defend保守bǎoshǒu · conservative

Words with 护

护照hùzhào · passport保护bǎohù · to protect护士hùshi · nurse爱护àihù · to cherish救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance拥护yōnghù · to support维护wéihù · to safeguard掩护yǎnhù · to cover辩护biànhù · to defend

More words: Common Verbs

试图shìtú · to attempt实行shíxíng · to put into practice施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of收藏shōucáng · to collect收缩shōusuō · to shrink授予shòuyǔ · to award耍shuǎ · to play with率领shuàilǐng · to lead

FAQs

守护 (shǒuhù) means “to guard” or “to protect”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shǒuhù: shǒu with a 3rd tone, then hù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 守护 is written 守護. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shouhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 守护 from the suggestions. Typing shouhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
守护 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.