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看守

kān shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

看守 (kān shǒu) means "to guard; to watch over". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 看守 means

1. to guard
2. to watch over

The characters in 看守

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch

Example sentences

• 她雇了一个私人侦探看守她的丈夫。
  Tā gù le yī gè sīrén zhēntàn kānshǒu tā de zhàngfu.
  She employed a private detective to keep a watch on her husband.

Words starting with 看守

• 看守所kān shǒu suǒdetention center
• 看守者kān shǒu zhěwatchman

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