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Chinese language
HSK 1
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
English (language)
HSK 2
Chinese language
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *防* | 防* | *防
to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *话* | 话* | *话
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 protect / to defend / to safeguard / protection / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
English (language)
HSK 2
language / CL: 門|门, 種|种
HSK 2
to defend / to safeguard
HSK 5
to ensure; to guarantee
HSK 3
conservative / to guard / to keep
HSK 4
to prevent / to guard against / to take precautions
HSK 3
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard
HSK 3
to be on guard / wariness / to guard against / preventive
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镇* | 镇* | *镇
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
HSK 6
words / speech / (spoken) language
HSK 5
to guarantee / to vouch for
HSK 4
to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc) / to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc) / to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
HSK 5
guarantee / to guarantee / to ensure / to safeguard / to pledge / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
HSK 6
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic
HSK 3
colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word
HSK 4
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
body language
(historical weaponry) shield / (gaming, sci-fi) shield; damage-absorbing barrier / (fig.) protective safeguard
Chinese language
HSK 5
Spanish language
HSK 6
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
to defend / to safeguard / to protect / to uphold / to maintain
HSK 4
Lizhou, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
Dapeng New District, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
HSK 6
Japanese language
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *守* | 守* | *守
to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
HSK 4
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
(coll.) person from Guangdong province (esp. Cantonese)
Qianfeng, a district of Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市, Sichuan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
cinematic language (the visual grammar and techniques of filmmaking)
Guangxin, a district of Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市, Jiangxi
Russian (language)
HSK 7-9
French (language)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汉* | 汉* | *汉
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee; warranty
HSK 7-9
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
Guangfeng, a district of Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市, Jiangxi
to guard / to protect
HSK 7-9
Guang'an, a district of Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市, Sichuan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *更* | 更* | *更
to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
surname Guan
Latin (language)
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
a full mouth of (sth tangible) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly
The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
HSK 7-9
honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession
bodyguard
the Han river in Guangdong
secret language / codeword
Dongguang, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市, Hebei
standard language
Wuming, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
Wanxiu, a district of Wuzhou City 梧州市, Guangxi
guanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care / to guarantee / certainly; surely / custodian; curator
HSK 7-9
China Daily (an English language newspaper)
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (abbr. for 北京 + 上海 + 廣州|广州 + 深圳)
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
Hengzhou, a county-level city in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粤* | 粤* | *粤
Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东
Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人, spoken in Egypt until late 17th century
Dinghu, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市, Guangdong
Shixing, a county in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong
Jiguan, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市, Heilongjiang
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
to ensure / to guarantee / to safeguard
HSK 7-9
Malay language
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
Beiliu, a county-level city in Yulin City 玉林市, Guangxi
Indonesian language
Zhaohua, a district of Guangyuan City 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
(language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist / extensive reading
listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为 and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Hindi (language)
Maltese (language)
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
vanguard

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