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保守

bǎo shǒu

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

保守 (bǎo shǒu) means "conservative; to guard; to keep". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 保守 means

1. conservative
2. to guard
3. to keep

The characters in 保守

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch

Example sentences

• 保守秘密。
  Keep the secret.
• 请保守秘密。
  Please keep it secret.
• 我们很保守。
  We're conservative.
• 我非常保守。
  I'm very conservative.
• 汤姆非常保守。
  Tom is very conservative.
• 请保守这个秘密。
  Please keep this secret.

Words starting with 保守

• 保守派bǎo shǒu pàiconservative faction
• 保守主义bǎo shǒu zhǔ yìconservatism
• 保守党bǎo shǒu dǎngconservative political parties

Where 保守 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 shǒu correctly.
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