HSK 5 · Verbs

爱护 àihù “to cherish” in Chinese

Traditional 愛護

What 爱护 means

  1. to cherish
  2. to treasure
  3. to take care of
  4. to love and protect

How to say 爱护

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爱ài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale护hù4th tone, falling

爱护 in a sentence

  1. 要爱护小动物！

    Yào àihù xiǎo dòngwù!

    Be kind to small animals!

    Sentence #2138624 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 爱护文物，人人有责。

    Àihù wénwù, rénrén yǒu zé.

    Protecting cultural relics is everyone’s responsibility.

    Sentence #6089712 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们因为只有一个地球，所以更要懂得爱护它。

    Wǒmen yīnwèi zhǐ yǒu yí ge dìqiú, suǒyǐ gèng yào dǒngde àihù tā.

    We only have one Earth, so we need to take even better care of it.

    Sentence #6159247 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 爱护 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 爱 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 友friend · yǒu

Memory aidA hand 爫 bringing a friend 友 under a cover 冖: love.

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 爱护

爱 10 strokes · 护 7 strokes

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

Words related to 爱护

Words with 爱

爱ài · to love可爱kě'ài · cute爱好àihào · hobby爱人àiren · husband or wife喜爱xǐ'ài · to like爱情àiqíng · romance恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love爱惜àixī · to cherish亲爱qīn'ài · dear爱心àixīn · compassion

Words with 护

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

More words: Common Verbs

祝贺zhùhè · to congratulate赚zhuàn · to earn自信zìxìn · to have confidence in oneself租zū · to hire爱惜àixī · to cherish安装ānzhuāng · to install熬夜áoyè · to stay up late包括bāokuò · to comprise

FAQs

爱护 (àihù) means “to cherish” or “to treasure”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it àihù: ài with a 4th 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, 爱护 is written 愛護. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type aihu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爱护 from the suggestions. Typing aihu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爱护 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.