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护

hù

HSK 3 Character Traditional 護

What 护 means

1. to protect

Example sentences

• 保护我！
  Protect me!
• 我想当护士
  Wǒ xiǎng dāng hùshi
  I want to be a nurse.
• 叫救护车。
  Call an ambulance.
• 她是护士。
  She is a nurse.
• 我是护士。
  I'm a nurse.
• 有护照吗？
  Do you have a passport?

Words starting with 护

• 护照hù zhàopassport
• 护士hù shinurse
• 护理hù lǐto nurse; to care for
• 护肤hù fūskincare
• 护送hù sòngto escort; to accompany
• 护法hù fǎto keep the law; to protect Buddha's teachings; protector of Buddhist law…
• 护栏hù lánguardrail; railing
• 护卫hù wèito guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
• 护身符hù shēn fúamulet; protective talisman; charm
• 护城河hù chéng hémoat (surrounding the city wall); (fig.) (business) competitive advantage
• 护航hù hánga naval escort; to convoy
• 护工hù gōngnurse's aide; nursing assistant; care worker
• 护生hù shēngnursing student; (Buddhism) to preserve the lives of all living beings
• 护着hù zheto protect; to guard; to shield
• 护理学hù lǐ xuénursing
• 护国运动Hù guó Yùn dòngCampaign to Defend the Republic (1915) or National Protection War, a rebellion against…
• 护士站hù shì zhànnurses' station (in a hospital or clinic)
• 护国军Hù guó jūnNational Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai 袁世凯
• 护老者hù lǎo zhěcarer of elderly persons; aged care worker
• 护法神hù fǎ shénprotector deities of Buddhist law
• 护国战争Hù guó Zhàn zhēngNational Protection War or Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915), a rebellion against…
• 护法战争hù fǎ zhàn zhēngNational protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against…
• 护食hù shí(of a dog etc) to guard its food
• 护师hù shīsenior nurse (nursing rank)

Words containing 护

• 保护bǎo hùto protect; to defend; to safeguard
• 维护wéi hùto defend; to safeguard; to protect
• 爱护ài hùto cherish; to treasure; to take care of
• 救护车jiù hù chēambulance
• 辩护biàn hùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend
• 掩护yǎn hùto screen; to shield; to cover
• 守护shǒu hùto guard; to protect
• 拥护yōng hùto endorse; to support
• 呵护hē hùto bless; to cherish; to take good care of
• 医护yī hùdoctors and nurses; medic; medical (personnel)
• 防护fáng hùto defend; to protect
• 庇护bì hùto shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum
• 看护kān hùto nurse; to look after; to watch over
• 救护jiù hùto rescue; to administer first aid
• 监护jiān hùto act as a guardian
• 养护yǎng hùto maintain; to conserve; curing (concrete etc)
• 监护人jiān hù rénguardian
• 保护人bǎo hù rénguardian; carer; patron
• 保护区bǎo hù qūconservation district
• 自然保护区zì rán bǎo hù qūnature reserve
• 保护伞bǎo hù sǎnprotective umbrella; fig. person affording protection (esp. corrupt)
• 保护主义bǎo hù zhǔ yìprotectionism
• 陪护péi hùto attend to the needs of (an invalid, disabled person etc); caregiver
• 守护神shǒu hù shénprotector God; patron saint

Characters built on 户

These share the phonetic component 户 (hù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 庐lúhut
• 扈hùretinue

Characters that look like 护

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 伊yī(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")…
• 扩kuòto enlarge
• 析xīto separate; to divide; to analyze
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 犷guǎngrough; uncouth; boorish

Sounds the same

Read hù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 户a household; door; family
• 互mutual
• 沪short name for Shanghai
• 糊paste; cream
• 笏(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 扈retinue
• 祜celestial blessing
• 怙to rely on; father (formal)
• 戽water bucket for irrigation
• 楛(tree)
• 瓠gourd
• 岵(literary) mountain covered with vegetation