Chinese

保守

/pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to keep; to guard
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese保 “to raise; to rear”
    • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
  • characterChinese守 “to keep; to maintain; to preserve”
    • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • ideaChinese寸 “Legally defined as the tsun of 3.71475 cm.”

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