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保守

bǎo shǒu

Written bǎo shǒu, said báo shǒu — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.

HSK 4 · word 2221 of 3,000

Meaning

• conservative
• to guard
• to keep

Example sentence

Characters in 保守

• 保 bǎo to defend; to protect; to keep
• 守 shǒu to guard

保 to keep plus 守, to guard. 守 gives 遵守 and 看守; keeping and guarding, hence conservative.

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