保护

Character by character

• 保bǎo9 strokesHSK 3protect, safeguard, defend, care
• 护hù7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 護protect, guard, defend, shelter

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 你没有保护我。

  Nǐ méi yǒu bǎo hù wǒ

  You didn't protect me.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 保护. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 保证bǎo zhèngHSK 3

  guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge

• 保持bǎo chíHSK 3

  to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve

• 保险bǎo xiǎnHSK 3

  insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to

• 保bǎoHSK 3

  to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old)

• 确保què bǎoHSK 3

  to ensure; to guarantee

• 护hùHSK 6

  to protect

• 保留bǎo liúHSK 3

  to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later

• 保安bǎo ānHSK 3

  to ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production); public security; security guard

• 维护wéi hùHSK 4

  to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain

• 保障bǎo zhàngHSK 7

  to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard

• 护士hù shiHSK 4

  nurse

• 保存bǎo cúnHSK 3

  to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing)

• 环保huán bǎoHSK 3

  environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护

• 保佑bǎo yòuHSK 7

  to bless and protect; blessing

• 护理hù lǐHSK 7

  to nurse; to tend and protect

• 保守bǎo shǒuHSK 4

  conservative; to guard; to keep

• 担保dān bǎoHSK 4

  to guarantee; to vouch for

• 保卫bǎo wèiHSK 5

  to defend; to safeguard

• 保密bǎo mìHSK 4

  to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy

• 保姆bǎo mǔHSK 7

  nanny; housekeeper

• 辩护biàn hùHSK 7

  to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead

• 防护fáng hùHSK 7

  to defend; to protect

• 守护shǒu hùHSK 7

  to guard; to protect

• 护照hù zhàoHSK 2

  passport