保护
Meaning
- to protect
- to defend
- to safeguard
Measure word
种 zhǒng
Example sentence
你需要保护。
You need protection.
Characters in 保护
- 保 bǎo to defend; to protect; to keep
- 护 hù to protect, to guard
保 to keep safe plus 护, to guard. 保 heads a whole family of keeping — 保持 to maintain, 保存 to preserve, 保留 to retain, 保证 to guarantee — so learning it once opens five words.