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HSK
to protect / to defend / to safeguard / protection / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
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  *防* | 防* | *防
to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent
HSK 3
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  *保* | 保* | *保
to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system
HSK 3
to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic
HSK 3
to cherish / to treasure / to take care of / to love and protect
HSK 4
maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain
HSK 4
to defend / to safeguard / to protect / to uphold / to maintain
HSK 4
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  *護* | 護* | *護
to protect
HSK 6
to defend / to protect (against)
HSK 6
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  *罩* | 罩* | *罩
to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
HSK 7-9
to defend / to protect
HSK 7-9
to nurse / to tend and protect
HSK 7-9
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  *押* | 押* | *押
to mortgage / to pawn / to detain in custody / to escort and protect / (literary) to sign
HSK 7-9
to bless and protect / blessing
HSK 7-9
to guard / to protect
HSK 7-9
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  *衛* | 衛* | *衛
to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
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  *佑* | 佑* | *佑
(bound form) to bless; to protect
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  *祐* | 祐* | *祐
(of divinity) to bless / to protect
to protect against poisonous substances, narcotics or computer viruses
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  *腓* | 腓* | *腓
calf of leg / decay / protect
to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
to look after (children); childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc); conservation
to protect from the rain
to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM
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  *芸* | 芸* | *芸
common rue (Ruta graveolens) / (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage)
disaster prevention / to protect against natural disasters
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  *頤* | 頤* | *頤
(literary) chin; jaw / (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
(of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge / (law) asylum
to bless / to protect / protection (esp. divine)
hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve
to protect / to guard / to shield
to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop
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  *嫗* | 嫗* | *嫗
old woman / to brood over / to protect
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
to protect from all sides
to surround and protect
to bless / to protect / protection (esp. divine) / also written 庇佑
to guard / to protect
air raid shelter; bomb shelter / (fig.) place that protects bad people; hideout
perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower
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  *庇* | 庇* | *庇
to protect / cover / shelter / hide or harbor
a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment / revetment
visually attractive / eye candy / easy on the eyes / to protect the eyes
to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
to guard one's territory / to protect the country
interests protected by law
to seek to protect / to ensure / to maintain / to guard
to protect a croney / to give unprincipled support
John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine) / tow chain
(idiom) to safeguard (sth) / to protect (sth)
bell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)
to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment
the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江, Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江|澜沧江, and Nu River (Salween) 怒江 – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site
protected mode
class A protected animal
to bless and protect / blessing / also written 保佑
to encrypt / encryption / to protect with a password
Grade One State protected (species)
a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
to honor the wise and love the people / respecting noble talent while protecting the common people
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
a charm to protect against evil spirits
"honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest
netted enclosure (protecting crops)
to bless and protect / to protect
to protect against fire
protecting against AIDS
helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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