呵护
hēhù
to care for; to protect tenderly
Characters in this word
护 hù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 户 door
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 脆弱的创新生态需要制度长期呵护，而不是一时的口号。 Cuìruò de chuàngxīn shēngtài xūyào zhìdù chángqī hēhù, ér bú shì yìshí de kǒuhào. A fragile innovation ecosystem needs long-term institutional care, not a temporary slogan.
- 母亲小心地呵护着刚出生的孩子。 Mǔqīn xiǎoxīn de hēhù zhe gāng chūshēng de háizi. The mother carefully looks after her newborn child.
- 这株小树苗需要我们精心呵护，才能长大。 Zhè zhū xiǎo shùmiáo xūyào wǒmen jīngxīn hēhù, cái néng zhǎngdà. This little sapling needs our careful tending in order to grow up.
Related words
- 呵 hē to breathe out; to blow warm air
- 护照 hùzhào passport
- 保护 bǎohù to protect
- 爱护 àihù to care for and protect
- 护士 hùshi nurse
- 维护 wéihù to protect
- 辩护 biànhù to defend; defence
- 防护 fánghù to protect; protection
- 护 hù to protect; to guard; to shield
- 护理 hùlǐ to nurse; nursing; care
- 监护 jiānhù to guard; to supervise; guardianship; medical monitoring
- 看护 kānhù to care for; to nurse; to watch over