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

• 监守(監守) to watch over; to guard
• 守宫(守宮) gecko; house lizard
• 守信用 to keep one's word; trustworthy
• 职守(職守) duty; responsibility; post
• 守一 guard the One
• 守祧 to guard a temple
• 信守诺言(信守諾言) to keep a promise
• 守一而终(守一而終) to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
• 玩忽职守(玩忽職守) to neglect one's duty; dereliction of duty; malpractice
• 保守派 conservative faction
• 守信 to keep promises
• 能量守恒(能量守恆) conservation of energy
• 守株待兔 to guard a tree stump waiting for rabbits; to wait passively for an opportunity
• 守卫者(守衛者) defender; a guard
• 城守 troops to defend the city
• 守职(守職) to observe one's duty steadfastly; devoted to one's job
• 守敌(守敵) enemy defense; enemy garrison
• 退守 to retreat and defend; to withdraw
• 守更 to keep watch during the night
• 扼守 to guard [a pass]
• 抱残守缺(抱殘守缺) to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; conservative; stickler for tradition
• 笃守(篤守) to comply faithfully; sincerely abiding by
• 蹲守 to hang around keeping a watch out for sth
• 守身 to keep oneself pure; to preserve one's integrity; to remain chaste
• 弃守(棄守) to give up defending; to yield; to surrender
• 持守 to maintain; to guard
• 守门人(守門人) gatekeeper
• 守岁(守歲) to see in the New Year
• 神不守舍 absent-minded; distracted ; abstracted; drifting off; restless
• 守御(守禦) to defend
• 守节(守節) steadfast in moral integrity ; faithful after the death of a betrothed husband; for a widow to remain unmarried
• 抱诚守真(抱誠守真) embrace sincerity and guard truth
• 泥守 stubborn and conservative
• 厮守(廝守) to stay together; to rely on one another
• 守旧派(守舊派) the conservative faction; reactionaries
• 守恒(守恆) conservation; to remain constant (of a number)
• 守株缘木(守株緣木) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish
• 守制 observation of rule [for mourning parents]
• 守规矩(守規矩) to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
• 守株伺兔 to guard a tree stump waiting for rabbits
• 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
• 魂不守宅 absent-minded; distracted
• 看守者 watchman
• 驻守(駐守) (man a post and) defend
• 熬更守夜 to stay up through the night
• 守寡 to live as widow; to observe widowhood

Also contained in

王守仁 、 郡守 、 郭守敬 、 搜罗守多罗 、 刘守光

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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