守 (shǒu) means To guard (defends - observe). Below are 20 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
上班要遵 守 纪律。
Shàngbān yào zūnshǒu jìlǜ.
You must observe the rules at work.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 纪律
请遵 守 交通规则。
Qǐng zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé.
Please obey the traffic rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 遵守
大家都要遵 守 规则。
Dàjiā dōu yào zūnshǒu guīzé.
Everyone must follow the rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 规则
这支球队防 守 很稳。
Zhè zhī qiúduì fángshǒu hěn wěn.
This team defends very solidly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 防守
战士们坚 守 着阵地。
Zhànshìmen jiānshǒuzhe zhèndì.
The soldiers held their position.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阵地
每个人都要遵 守 法律。
Měi ge rén dōu yào zūnshǒu fǎlǜ.
Everyone must obey the law.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 法律
现场的防 守 十分严密。
Xiànchǎng de fángshǒu shífēn yánmì.
Security at the scene is extremely tight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严密
他一直保 守 着这个秘密。
Tā yìzhí bǎoshǒu zhe zhège mìmì.
He has kept this secret all along.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 秘密
他一直遵 守 自己的承诺。
Tā yìzhí zūnshǒu zìjǐ de chéngnuò.
He has always kept his promises.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 遵守
请你替我保 守 这个秘密。
Qǐng nǐ tì wǒ bǎoshǒu zhège mìmì.
Please keep this secret for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 保守
这些战士常年 守 卫在边疆。
Zhèxiē zhànshì chángnián shǒuwèi zài biānjiāng.
These soldiers guard the frontier all year round.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 边疆
下半场他们改为重点防 守 。
Xià bànchǎng tāmen gǎi wéi zhòngdiǎn fángshǒu.
In the second half they switched to focusing on defence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 防守
每个公民都应该遵 守 法律。
Měi ge gōngmín dōu yīnggāi zūnshǒu fǎlǜ.
Every citizen should obey the law.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 公民
他 守 护了这片森林三十年。
Tā shǒuhù le zhè piàn sēnlín sānshí nián.
He has guarded this forest for thirty years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 守护
母亲整夜 守 护在孩子床边。
Mǔqīn zhěng yè shǒuhù zài háizi chuáng biān.
The mother watched over her child's bedside all night.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 守护
他们在严寒中坚 守 了一夜。
Tāmen zài yánhán zhōng jiānshǒu le yí yè.
They held their post all night in the bitter cold.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严寒
每个人都要坚 守 自己的岗位。
Měi ge rén dōu yào jiānshǒu zìjǐ de gǎngwèi.
Everyone must stand firm at his own post.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 岗位
所有人都要遵 守 ，没有例外。
Suǒyǒu rén dōu yào zūnshǒu, méiyǒu lìwài.
Everyone must comply; there are no exceptions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 例外
老师多次告诫我们要遵 守 规则。
Lǎoshī duō cì gàojiè wǒmen yào zūnshǒu guīzé.
The teacher repeatedly cautioned us to keep to the rules.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 告诫
他的想法比较保 守 ，不愿意冒险。
Tā de xiǎngfǎ bǐjiào bǎoshǒu, bú yuànyì màoxiǎn.
His thinking is rather conservative and he is unwilling to take risks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 保守
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How is 守 used in a sentence?
This page shows 20 sentences using 守 (shǒu, "To guard (defends - observe)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 守 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 守 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 守 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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