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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hù | hu4
English translation
to protect
to defend, to guard, to protect; shelter; endorse

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Guarding  shǒu a home also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌户

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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gǒu Yáo 尾巴 wěiba 报答 bàodá 人们 rén men de 爱护 àihù .

A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.

yòng dào rén 身上 shēn shang , zhè shì zài ; 用到拥护 yōnghù de rén , 就是 jiù shì zài kuā . ”

Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.'

穿着 chuān zhuó 高及膝盖 xīgài de 护腿,留着海象 hǎi xiàng bān 的八字, zhēn shì 古怪 gǔguài de 老家伙 lǎo jiā huo .

He is the queer old duck with the knee - length gaiters and walrus mustache.

这个 zhè ge 医院 yīyuàn de 医生 yīshēng 女护士共计 gòngjì 二百零五 rén .

The women doctors and women nurses in the hospital add up to two hundred and five.

保护 bǎohù zhāo 这位 zhè wèi 漂亮 piàoliang de 姑娘 gūniang zài 城里到处 dàochù guàng 一逛.

He squired the pretty girl about town.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
保护 bǎohù to protect保護
维护 wéihù to defend維護
to protect
护士 hùshi nurse護士
辩护 biànhù to defend辯護
护理 hù lǐ to nurse護理
救护车 jiùhùchē ambulance救護車
掩护 yǎnhù to screen掩護
护照 hùzhào passport護照
防护 fáng hù to defend防護
守护 shǒuhù to guard守護
环境保护 huán jìng bǎo hù environmental protection環境保護
医护 yī hù medic醫護
护送 hù sòng to escort護送
爱护 àihù to cherish愛護
监护 jiān hù to act as a guardian監護
拥护 yōnghù to endorse擁護
保护区 bǎo hù qū conservation district保護區
护卫 hù wèi to guard護衛
呵护 hē hù to bless呵護
监护人 jiān hù rén guardian監護人
看护 kān hù to nurse看護
救护 jiù hù to rescue救護
监护权 jiān hù quán custody (of a child)監護權

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Decomposition

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