守 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)

Contained in

• 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
• 抱诚守真(抱誠守真) embrace sincerity and guard truth
• 有为有守(有為有守) able to act while maintaining one's integrity
• 白发相守(白髮相守) to protect each other until the hair turns white
• 防守 to defend; to protect
• 守候 to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse
• 易守难攻(易守難攻) easily guarded, hard to attack
• 信守 to abide by; to keep
• 死守 to defend one's property to the death; to cling obstinately to old habits; die-hard
• 据守天险(據守天險) to guard a natural stronghold
• 守望相助 to watch out and assist one another
• 守财奴(守財奴) a miser protecting their wealth
• 看守所 detention center
• 职守(職守) duty; responsibility; post
• 有亏职守(有虧職守) (to be guilty of) dereliction of duty
• 监守(監守) to watch over; to guard
• 奉公守法 to carry out official duties and observe the law
• 守规矩(守規矩) to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
• 监守自盗(監守自盜) to embezzle
• 新保守主义(新保守主義) Neoconservatism
• 火场留守分队(火場留守分隊) detachment left to provide covering fire
• 守备(守備) to garrison; to stand guard; on garrison duty
• 株守 to stick to something stubbornly; never let go
• 守活寡 to stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow
• 守恒(守恆) conservation; to remain constant (of a number)
• 拘守 to hold tight; to cling to; to adhere; stubborn; to detain somebody as prisoner
• 守成 to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
• 守住 to hold on to; to defend; to keep; to guard
• 保残守缺(保殘守缺) conservative; to preserve the outmoded
• 保守 conservative ; to guard; to keep
• 守一 guard the One
• 守护(守護) to guard; to defend
• 闭关自守(閉關自守) close the country to international intercourse
• 守军(守軍) defenders
• 攻守 offense and defense
• 守身 to keep oneself pure; to preserve one's integrity; to remain chaste
• 守信 to keep promises
• 守势(守勢) defensive position; guard
• 守株待兔，缘木求鱼(守株待兔，緣木求魚) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish
• 墨守成规(墨守成規) bound by convention
• 守寡 to live as widow; to observe widowhood
• 战守(戰守) military activities
• 守宫(守宮) gecko; house lizard
• 守信用 to keep one's word; trustworthy
• 守则(守則) rules; regulations
• 防守者 defender
• 守服 to observe mourning for one's parents

Also contained in

王守仁 、 刘守光 、 搜罗守多罗 、 太守

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Truncated for common words

• 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: 4
• 居守 (居守) 箕鄭居守 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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