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保护

bǎo hù

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 保護 Measure word 种

保护 (bǎo hù) means "to protect". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 保护 means

1. to protect
2. to defend
3. to safeguard
4. protection

The characters in 保护

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 护hùto protect

Example sentences

• 保护我！
  Protect me!
• 你需要保护。
  You need protection.
• 你没有保护我。
  You didn't protect me.
• 他试图保护她。
  He tried to defend her.
• 汤姆得保护自己。
  Tom has to protect himself.
• 我们得保护汤姆。
  We need to protect Tom.

Words starting with 保护

• 保护人bǎo hù rénguardian; carer; patron
• 保护区bǎo hù qūconservation district
• 保护伞bǎo hù sǎnprotective umbrella; fig. person affording protection (esp. corrupt)
• 保护主义bǎo hù zhǔ yìprotectionism
• 保护神bǎo hù shénpatron saint; guardian angel
• 保护国bǎo hù guóprotectorate
• 保护性bǎo hù xìngprotective
• 保护者bǎo hù zhěprotector
• 保护色bǎo hù sèprotective coloration; camouflage
• 保护模式bǎo hù mó shìprotected mode
• 保护剂bǎo hù jìprotective agent

Words containing 保护

• 自然保护区zì rán bǎo hù qūnature reserve
• 受法律保护权shòu fǎ lǜ bǎo hù quánright to protection by law (law)
• 环境保护huán jìng bǎo hùenvironmental protection
• 消费者保护xiāo fèi zhě bǎo hù(law) consumer protection
• 贸易保护主义mào yì bǎo hù zhǔ yìtrade protectionism
• 密码保护mì mǎ bǎo hùpassword protection
• 屏幕保护程序píng mù bǎo hù chéng xùscreensaver
• 萤幕保护程式yíng mù bǎo hù chéng shìscreensaver (Tw)
• 萤幕保护装置yíng mù bǎo hù zhuāng zhìscreensaver (Tw)
• 一类保护动物yī lèi bǎo hù dòng wùclass A protected animal
• 国家一级保护Guó jiā yī jí bǎo hùGrade One State protected (species)
• 全国重点文物保护单位Quán guó Zhòng diǎn Wén wù Bǎo hù Dān wèiNational Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit
• 伊通自然保护区Yī tōng zì rán bǎo hù qūYitong nature reserve in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin
• 卧龙自然保护区Wò lóng Zì rán Bǎo hù qūWolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan, home of the giant…
• 白水江自然保护区Bái shuǐ jiāng Zì rán Bǎo hù qūBaishuijiang Nature Reserve, Gansu
• 拉鲁湿地国家自然保护区Lā lǔ shī dì guó jiā zì rán bǎo hù qūLhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa
• 卧龙大熊猫保护区Wò lóng Dà xióng māo Bǎo hù qūWolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan

Sounds the same

Read bǎo hù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 保户insurance policy holder

Where 保护 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Environment & protection (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎo hù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.