呵護

See also: 呵护

Chinese

		expel breath; my goodness; (phonetic particle)	protect
trad. (呵護)		呵	護
simp. (呵护)		呵	护
alternative forms		訶護／诃护

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ wu⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹hu-wu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hehù
    • Wade–Giles: ho¹-hu⁴
    • Yale: hē-hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehuh
    • Palladius: хэху (xɛxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho¹ wu⁶
    • Yale: hō wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ wuː²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹hu-wu
    • MiniDict: hu^平 wu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hu-hhu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xa huH

Rime
Character	呵	護
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	虎何切	胡誤切
Baxter	xa	huH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑ/	/ɦuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑ/	/ɦuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑ/	/ɣoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ha/	/ɦɔH/
Li Rong	/xɑ/	/ɣoH/
Wang Li	/xɑ/	/ɣuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑ/	/ɣuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hē	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho1	wu6

Verb

呵護

1. to look after; to take care of
2. to take good care of; to cherish
3. to protect; to guard
4. to bless and protect; to be safeguarded

Synonyms

• (to look after):

• 招呼 (zhāohū)
• 照應／照应 (zhàoying)
• 照拂 (zhàofú)
• 照料 (zhàoliào)
• 照理 (zhàolǐ) (literary)
• 照看 (zhàokàn)
• 照管 (zhàoguǎn)
• 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
• 理論／理论 (lǐlùn) (obsolete)
• 看管 (kānguǎn)
• 觀顧／观顾 (Hokkien)
• 調理／调理 (tiáolǐ)
• 關照／关照 (guānzhào)

 

• (to take good care of):

• 寶惜／宝惜 (Hokkien)
• 寶愛／宝爱 (bǎo'ài) (literary)
• 心疼 (xīnténg)
• 愛惜／爱惜 (àixī)
• 愛憐／爱怜 (àilián)
• 愛護／爱护 (àihù)
• 愛錫／爱锡 (oi³ sek³) (Cantonese)
• 憐愛／怜爱 (lián'ài)
• 珍惜 (zhēnxī)
• 珍愛／珍爱 (zhēn'ài)
• 珍視／珍视 (zhēnshì)
• 珍重 (zhēnzhòng)
• 疼惜 (Hokkien)
• 疼愛／疼爱 (téng'ài)
• 顧惜／顾惜 (gùxī)

 

• (to protect):

• 保衛／保卫 (bǎowèi)
• 守 (shǒu)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 守衛／守卫 (shǒuwèi)
• 守護／守护 (shǒuhù)
• 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)

 

• (to bless and protect):

• 保佑 (bǎoyòu)
• 庇佑 (bìyòu) (especially from deities )
• 賜福／赐福 (cìfú)