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爱护

ài hù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 愛護

爱护 (ài hù) means "to cherish/protect (things, nature, public property)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 爱护 means

1. to cherish
2. to treasure
3. to take care of
4. to love and protect

The characters in 爱护

• 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…
• 护hùto protect

Example sentences

• 要爱护小动物！
  Yào àihù xiǎo dòngwù!
  Don't mistreat small animals!
• 爱护文物, 人人有责。
  àihù wénwù, rénrényǒuzé.
  Cherish our cultural relics; it is all our duty.
• 我们因为只有一个地球，所以更要懂得爱护它。
  Because we only have one earth, we need to understand more how to care for it.
• 我们因为只有一个地球，所以我们更要懂得爱护它。
  Wǒmen yīnwèi zhǐ yǒu yī gè dìqiú, suǒyǐ wǒmen gèng yào dǒngde àihù tā.
  Because we only have one earth, we need to understand more how to care for it.

Where 爱护 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Love, Care & Compassion (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ài hù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.