防 fáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 方 square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
防守
fángshǒu
to defend; defence
Characters in this word
守 shǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 球队在领先后过早收缩防守，反而给了对手反扑的机会。 Qiúduì zài lǐngxiān hòu guòzǎo shōusuō fángshǒu, fǎn'ér gěi le duìshǒu fǎnpū de jīhuì. The team retreated into defence too early after taking the lead, giving their opponent a chance to counterattack.
- 我们队的防守很稳，对手一直进不了球。 Wǒmen duì de fángshǒu hěn wěn, duìshǒu yìzhí jìn bù liǎo qiú. Our team's defence is solid, and the opponents can never score.
- 他在足球场上负责防守，很少往前跑。 Tā zài zúqiúchǎng shàng fùzé fángshǒu, hěn shǎo wǎng qián pǎo. On the football pitch he is in charge of defending and rarely runs forward.
Related words
- 防 fáng to guard against
- 防止 fángzhǐ to prevent
- 预防 yùfáng to prevent
- 防治 fángzhì to prevent and treat
- 消防 xiāofáng fire safety; firefighting
- 提防 dīfang to guard against; to beware of
- 防盗 fángdào anti-theft; to guard against theft
- 防范 fángfàn to guard against; to prevent
- 防护 fánghù to protect; protection
- 防火墙 fánghuǒqiáng firewall; fire wall
- 防卫 fángwèi to defend; self-defence
- 防汛 fángxùn flood prevention; to guard against floods