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
- 能量守恒(能量守恆) conservation of energy
- 退守 to retreat and defend; to withdraw
- 看守者 watchman
- 守成 to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
- 守兵 guard; garrison soldier
- 遵守 to comply with; to respect
- 把守 to guard
- 有亏职守(有虧職守) (to be guilty of) dereliction of duty
- 防守者 defender
- 守道 to practice
- 城守 troops to defend the city
- 驻守(駐守) (man a post and) defend
- 攻守 offense and defense
- 严守(嚴守) to strictly maintain
- 守分 to abide by the law; to respect the law
- 火场留守分队(火場留守分隊) detachment left to provide covering fire
- 守一而终(守一而終) to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
- 守斋(守齋) to fast
- 守土有责(守土有責) duty to defend the country
- 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
- 据守天险(據守天險) to guard a natural stronghold
- 守卫室(守衛室) gate house
- 拘守 to hold tight; to cling to; to adhere; stubborn; to detain somebody as prisoner
- 为远难守(爲遠難守) a distant region difficult to defend
- 守祧 to guard a temple
- 守御(守禦) to defend
- 看守所 detention center
- 有为有守(有為有守) able to act while maintaining one's integrity
- 守规矩(守規矩) to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
- 神不守舍 absent-minded; distracted ; abstracted; drifting off; restless
- 守空房 to stay home alone (of married woman)
- 守业(守業) to preserve one's heritage
- 守门(守門) to keep goal; on duty as gate-keeper
- 守株待兔 to guard a tree stump waiting for rabbits; to wait passively for an opportunity
- 值守 (of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things; to keep watch
- 守一 guard the One
- 守望 to keep watch; on guard
- 镇守(鎮守) to guard
- 职守(職守) duty; responsibility; post
- 新保守主义(新保守主義) Neoconservatism
- 守宫(守宮) gecko; house lizard
- 守护(守護) to guard; to defend
- 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
- 守财奴(守財奴) a miser protecting their wealth
- 信守 to abide by; to keep
- 守灵(守靈) to keep watch beside a coffin
- 抱残守缺(抱殘守缺) to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; conservative; stickler for tradition
- 守信 to keep promises
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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