Chinese Notes

守 shǒu

shǒu verb to defend; to protect; to guard; to keep safe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 防卫 or 保护 (Guoyu '守' v 1; Kroll 2015 '守' 1; Unihan '守'; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1351; XHZD '守' 1)
shǒu verb to watch over
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '守' 1b; XHZD '守' 2)
shǒu verb to observe; to abide by
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 遵行; for example, 守法 'abide by the law' (Guoyu '守' v 3; Kroll 2015 '守' 2; XHZD '守' 3)
shǒu verb to be near; to be close to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '守' 4)
shǒu proper noun Governor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As an official title; for example in 太守 'Grand Governor' (Guoyu '守' n 2; Hucker 1985 , p. 13; Kroll 2015 '守' 3)
shǒu noun duty; an official post
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 官职 or 职责; also pronounced shòu (Guoyu '守' n 1; Kroll 2015 '守' shòu)
shǒu noun personal integrity; moral character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 节操, as in 操守 (Guoyu '守' n 3)
shǒu proper noun Shou
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '守' n 4)
shǒu verb to preserve; to conserve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 保持; for example, the idiom 守身如玉 'preserve one's body like jade [to preserve one's purity]' (Guoyu '守' v 2)
shǒu verb to wait for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 等待; as in 守候 (Guoyu '守' v 4)
shǒu verb to rely on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 依赖 (Guoyu '守' v 5)
shòu verb to hunt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 狩 (Guoyu '守' shòu)

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防守 to defend; to protect
为远难守(爲遠難守) a distant region difficult to defend
职守(職守) duty; responsibility; post
据守(據守) to guard; to hold a fortified position; entrenched
有为有守(有為有守) able to act while maintaining one's integrity
执守(執守) to hold fast to; to stick to
死守 to defend one's property to the death; to cling obstinately to old habits; die-hard
独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
固守 to strongly defend one's position; to be entrenched; to cling to
守势(守勢) defensive position; guard
把守 to guard
全攻全守 total football (soccer)
空床难独守(空床難獨守) it is hard alone to keep an empty bed
守身如玉 preserve one's body like jade; to preserve one's purity
有亏职守(有虧職守) (to be guilty of) dereliction of duty
守业(守業) to preserve one's heritage
守门员(守門員) goal-keeper
守成 to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
守一而终(守一而終) to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
白发相守(白髮相守) to protect each other until the hair turns white
留守 to stay behind to take care of things
玩忽职守(玩忽職守) to neglect one's duty; dereliction of duty; malpractice
不守 to not protect ; to not comply with
守恒(守恆) conservation; to remain constant (of a number)
易守难攻(易守難攻) easily guarded, hard to attack
战守(戰守) military activities
墨守成规(墨守成規) bound by convention
新保守主义(新保守主義) Neoconservatism
守更 to keep watch during the night
守拙归园田(守拙歸園田) still rustic, I returned to field
守土有责(守土有責) duty to defend the country
抱残守缺(抱殘守缺) to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; conservative; stickler for tradition
保残守缺(保殘守缺) conservative; to preserve the outmoded
守旧派(守舊派) the conservative faction; reactionaries
信守诺言(信守諾言) to keep a promise
守门(守門) to keep goal; on duty as gate-keeper
守灵(守靈) to keep watch beside a coffin
保守党(保守黨) conservative political parties
看守所 detention center
笃守(篤守) to comply faithfully; sincerely abiding by
守把 to guard
守道 to practice
戍守 to guard
退守 to retreat and defend; to withdraw
守备(守備) to garrison; to stand guard; on garrison duty
守寡 to live as widow; to observe widowhood
守制 observation of rule [for mourning parents]
弃守(棄守) to give up defending; to yield; to surrender
守约(守約) to keep an appointment; to keep one's word
驻守(駐守) (man a post and) defend

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杨守仁

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卷五十志第三天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 172
卷五十一志第四天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 161
卷一百九十五列傳第八十三王守仁 Volume 195 Biographies 83: Wang Shouren History of Ming 明史 — count: 101
卷二百八十三列傳第一百七十一儒林二 Volume 283 Biographies 171: Confucian Scholars 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 72
卷十五號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders Mozi 墨子 — count: 67
卷一百三十五僭偽列傳二: 劉守光劉陟劉崇 Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2 - Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 64
卷六十三　　　　表第三　　　宰相下 Volume 63 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 64
卷二百五十九列傳第一百四十七楊鎬袁應泰熊廷弼袁崇煥趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 明史 — count: 62
卷二十五本紀第二十五高宗二 Volume 25 Annals 25: Gaozong 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 60
卷三十九雜傳第二十七: 王鎔羅紹威王處直劉守光 Volume 39 Miscellaneous Biographies 19: Wang Rong, Luo Shaowei, Wang Chuzhi, Liu Shouguang New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 57

Collocations

巡守 (巡守) 巡守告祭柴望也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧時邁 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Shi Mai — count: 8
失守 (失守) 失守宗廟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
守在 (守在) 古者天子守在四夷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
慎守 (慎守) 慎守其一 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
守龟 (守龜) 卜之以守龜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
守社稷 (守社稷) 誰守社稷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
守官 (守官) 守官廢命 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
能守 (能守) 故能守其官職 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
处守 (處守) 處守及還 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
守臣 (守臣) 某氏之守臣某 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3