shǒu

  1. 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)
  2. shǒu verb to watch over
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '守' 1b; XHZD '守' 2)
  3. 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)
  4. shǒu verb to be near; to be close to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '守' 4)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. 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)
  8. shǒu proper noun Shou
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '守' n 4)
  9. 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)
  10. 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)
  11. shǒu verb to rely on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 依赖 (Guoyu '守' v 5)
  12. shòu verb to hunt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 狩 (Guoyu '守' shòu)

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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