HSK 6 · Sport

防守 fángshǒu “to defend” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 防守 means

  1. to defend
  2. to guard
  3. to protect (against)

How to say 防守

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale防fáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale守shǒu3rd tone, dipping

防守 in a sentence

  1. 这支球队的防守很强。

    Zhè zhī qiúduì de fángshǒu hěn qiáng.

    This team has a very strong defence.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他在比赛中负责防守。

    Tā zài bǐsài zhōng fùzé fángshǒu.

    He plays in defence during matches.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 防守 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 防 (fáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
防fángto protect
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 方square · fāngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fáng.

The character 守 (shǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
守shǒuto guard
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 防守

防 6 strokes · 守 6 strokes

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

Words related to 防守

Words with 防

预防yùfáng · to prevent防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)防止fángzhǐ · to prevent防御fángyù · defence国防guófáng · national defence消防xiāofáng · firefighting

Words with 守

遵守zūnshǒu · to comply with守护shǒuhù · to guard保守bǎoshǒu · conservative

More words: Sport & Leisure

游览yóulǎn · to go sightseeing娱乐yúlè · to entertain裁判cáipàn · referee打猎dǎliè · to hunt较量jiàoliàng · contest季军jìjūn · third place竞赛jìngsài · competition联欢liánhuān · to have a get-together

FAQs

防守 (fángshǒu) means “to defend” or “to guard”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fángshǒu: fáng with a 2nd tone, then shǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 防守 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 防守 from the suggestions. Typing fangshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
防守 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.