守 shǒu
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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)
Contained in
- 抱残守缺(抱殘守缺) to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; conservative; stickler for tradition
- 留守 to stay behind to take care of things
- 监守(監守) to watch over; to 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
- 城守 troops to defend the city
- 大守宫(大守宮) tokay gecko
- 守法 to abide by the law
- 守夜 to be on all-night duty; to be on night watch; to keep a vigil
- 据守(據守) to guard; to hold a fortified position; entrenched
- 拘守 to hold tight; to cling to; to adhere; stubborn; to detain somebody as prisoner
- 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
- 守时(守時) punctual
- 看守所 detention center
- 弃守(棄守) to give up defending; to yield; to surrender
- 守一 guard the one; guard the one mind ; guard the One
- 抱诚守真(抱誠守真) embrace sincerity and guard truth
- 后山守卫室(後山守衛室) Rear Gate House
- 守门人(守門人) gatekeeper
- 严守(嚴守) to strictly maintain
- 守财奴(守財奴) a miser protecting their wealth
- 守活寡 to stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow
- 守株缘木(守株緣木) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish
- 守约(守約) to keep an appointment; to keep one's word
- 守正不阿 to be strictly just and impartial
- 守岁(守歲) to see in the New Year
- 保守 conservative ; to guard; to keep
- 保残守缺(保殘守缺) conservative; to preserve the outmoded
- 固守 to strongly defend one's position; to be entrenched; to cling to
- 守备(守備) to garrison; to stand guard; on garrison duty
- 蹲守 to hang around keeping a watch out for sth
- 防守者 defender
- 困守 to stand a siege; trapped in a besieged city
- 安得猛士兮守四方 Where will I find courageous soldiers to defend the four corners of the land?
- 守口如瓶 to shut one's mouth like a bottle; to keep silent
- 守成 to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
- 守身 to keep oneself pure; to preserve one's integrity; to remain chaste
- 守旧派(守舊派) the conservative faction; reactionaries
- 看守者 watchman
- 守规矩(守規矩) to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
- 熬更守夜 to stay up through the night
- 守身如玉 preserve one's body like jade; to preserve one's purity
- 易守难攻(易守難攻) easily guarded, hard to attack
- 划圆防守(劃圓防守) to counter (a stroke in fencing)
- 留守儿童(留守兒童) left-behind children, rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
Also contained in
郡守 、 太守 、 杨守仁 、 搜罗守多罗 、 刘守光 、 镇守使 、 南柯太守传
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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: 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
- 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
- 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
- 嗣守 (嗣守) 嗣守文武大訓 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 3