守護

See also: 守护

Chinese

		to guard	protect
trad. (守護)		守	護
simp. (守护)		守	护

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuhù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wu⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siú-hō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): siu² hu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuhù
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-hu⁴
  - Yale: shǒu-hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouhuh
  - Palladius: шоуху (šouxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² wu⁶
  - Yale: sáu wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² wu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: siú-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'ho
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siu² hu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siú hŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³⁵/

Verb

守護

to guard; to protect; to safeguard

Synonyms

保衛 / 保卫 (bǎowèi)
呵護 / 呵护 (hēhù)
守 (shǒu)
守候 (shǒuhòu)
守衛 / 守卫 (shǒuwèi)
張持 / 张持 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
戍衛 / 戍卫 (shùwèi)
捍衛 / 捍卫 (hànwèi)
看護 / 看护 (kānhù)
衛護 / 卫护 (wèihù)
護衛 / 护卫 (hùwèi)
防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
防守 (fángshǒu)
防衛 / 防卫 (fángwèi)

Derived terms

守護天使 / 守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ)
守護神 / 守护神 (shǒuhùshén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (守護):

→ Japanese: 守護(しゅご) (shugo)
→ Korean: 수호(守護) (suho)
→ Vietnamese: thủ hộ (守護)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
守	護
しゅ Grade: 3	ご Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅご [shúꜜgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɕɨɡo̞]

Noun

守(しゅ)護(ご) • (shugo)

protection; safeguard

Verb

守(しゅ)護(ご)する • (shugo suru) suru (stem 守(しゅ)護(ご)し (shugo shi), past 守(しゅ)護(ご)した (shugo shita))

to protect
- 1935, 林不忘, 稲生播磨守:
  刀(かたな)というものは、君(きみ)を守護(しゅご)し、また一身(いっしん)を守(まも)る道具(どうぐ)。
  Katana to iu mono wa, kimi o shugo shi, mata isshin o mamoru dōgu.
  The sword is a tool to protect you and to protect myself as well.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "守護する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	守護し	しゅごし	shugo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	守護し	しゅごし	shugo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	守護する	しゅごする	shugo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	守護する	しゅごする	shugo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	守護すれ	しゅごすれ	shugo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	守護せよ¹ 守護しろ²	しゅごせよ¹ しゅごしろ²	shugo seyo¹ shugo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	守護される	しゅごされる	shugo sareru
Causative	守護させる守護さす	しゅごさせるしゅごさす	shugo saseru shugo sasu
Potential	守護できる	しゅごできる	shugo dekiru
Volitional	守護しよう	しゅごしよう	shugo shiyō
Negative	守護しない	しゅごしない	shugo shinai
Negative continuative	守護せず	しゅごせず	shugo sezu
Formal	守護します	しゅごします	shugo shimasu
Perfective	守護した	しゅごした	shugo shita
Conjunctive	守護して	しゅごして	shugo shite
Hypothetical conditional	守護すれば	しゅごすれば	shugo sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“守護”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
守	護

Noun

守護 • (suho) (hangeul 수호)

hanja form^? of 수호 (“protection, protect, guard, defend”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
守	護

Noun

守護

chữ Hán form of thủ hộ