守
shǒushòu HSK4

defend

守 shǒu frequency
to guard verb
to guard; to defend; to keep watch over

你整夜都在守着我？

nǐ zhěng​yè dōu zài shǒu zhe wǒ?

Have you been watching over me all night?

to abide by verb
to abide by; to follow or obey rules, laws, or promises
to maintain adjective
to maintain or keep a certain state, such as a secret, one's integrity, or a tradition
to wait verb
to wait for; to keep watch for a specific time or event

你们俩守前四个小时。

nǐ​men liǎ shǒu qián sì ge xiǎo​shí.

You two take the first four hours.

to be near
to stay close to; to be nearby or adjoining
integrity
(bound form) personal integrity; moral character; moral principles
governor
(bound form) an administrative head of a prefecture in ancient China
surname
a Chinese surname
duty
(literary) an official post or the duties of such a post
守 shòu
to hunt
(literary) used to describe a ruler's inspection tour or a hunt

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Frequency
Character
Written text
796th most common 228.7 per million
Movie subtitles
876th most common 133.1 per million appears in 47% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
37.5 per million appears in 14% of films
Written text
37.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5B88

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)