守
shǒu HSK4

defend

守 shǒu
guard verb
to guard, defend, or keep watch over someone or something

士兵们受命一定要守住这道防线。

shì​bīng men shòu​mìng yī​dìng yào shǒu zhù zhè dào fáng​xiàn.

The soldiers were ordered to hold this defensive line at all costs.

observe verb
to abide by or follow laws, rules, or rituals

我们在单位一定要守规矩。

wǒ​men zài dān​wèi yī​dìng yào shǒu guī​ju.

We must follow the rules at the workplace.

nearby verb
to be situated near or adjoining to a location

他家守着火车站，交通很方便。

tā jiā shǒu zhe huǒ​chē​zhàn, jiāo​tōng hěn fāng​biàn.

His house is right by the train station, so transportation is very convenient.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)