HSK 6 · Verbs

拥护 yōnghù “to support” in Chinese

Traditional 擁護

What 拥护 means

  1. to support
  2. to endorse

How to say 拥护

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale拥yōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale护hù4th tone, falling

拥护 in a sentence

  1. 这个计划得到了大家的拥护。

    Zhè ge jìhuà dédào le dàjiā de yōnghù.

    The plan had everyone’s support.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 员工们都拥护新经理的决定。

    Yuángōngmen dōu yōnghù xīn jīnglǐ de juédìng.

    The staff all supported the new manager’s decision.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 拥护 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 拥 (yōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
拥yōngto hold in one’s arms; to embrace
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 用use · yòngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 用 (yòng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yōng.

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 拥护

拥 8 strokes · 护 7 strokes

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

Words related to 拥护

Words with 拥

拥抱yōngbào · to embrace拥挤yōngjǐ · crowded拥有yōngyǒu · to have

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守护shǒuhù · to guard维护wéihù · to safeguard掩护yǎnhù · to cover辩护biànhù · to defend

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FAQs

拥护 (yōnghù) means “to support” or “to endorse”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yōnghù: yōng with a 1st 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, 拥护 is written 擁護. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yonghu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拥护 from the suggestions. Typing yonghu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拥护 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.