The town was defended by a large army.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
守卫
to guard
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to guard
02
to defend
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 守卫 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 守卫 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The soldiers were guarding the bridge.
Actually I wanted to be a damsel in a tower guarded by seven dragons, and then a prince on a white horse would chop off the dragons' heads and liberate me.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 守卫.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 守卫.
Directly before
- 大军守卫1
- 把守卫1
- 们守卫1
Directly after
- 守卫著2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 守卫
What does 守卫 mean in Chinese?
守卫 (shǒuwèi) means to guard.
How do you pronounce 守卫?
守卫 is pronounced shǒuwèi.
Is 守卫 an HSK word?
守卫 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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