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保卫

bǎo wèi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 保衛

保卫 (bǎo wèi) means "to defend; to safeguard". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 保卫 means

1. to defend
2. to safeguard

The characters in 保卫

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 卫wèito guard; to protect; to defend

Example sentences

• 保卫台湾 ！
  Defend Taiwan!
• 我们决心保卫祖国。
  Wǒmen juéxīn bǎowèizǔguó.
  We are determined to protect the motherland.
• 我们需要保卫台湾的主权。
  We need to defend Taiwan's sovereignty.
• 他们抵御入侵者，保卫了国家。
  Tāmen dǐyù rùqīnzhě, bǎowèi le guójiā.
  They defended their country against the invaders.

Words starting with 保卫

• 保卫祖国bǎo wèi zǔ guóto defend one's country

Words containing 保卫

• 国内安全保卫局Guó nèi Ān quán Bǎo wèi júDomestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security…
• 不列颠保卫战Bù liè diān Bǎo wèi zhànsee 不列颠战役

Where 保卫 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bàng–bó (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎo wèi correctly.
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