保守 bǎoshǒu HSK4 to guard Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents bǎoshǒu to guard 保 bǎo verb to protect to protect; to defend; to guard and keep safe from harm守 shǒu verb to guard to guard; to defend; to keep watch overbǎoshǒu conservative · cautious 保 bǎo verb to maintain to maintain; to keep or preserve in an original state守 shǒu adjective to maintain to maintain or keep a certain state, such as a secret, one's integrity, or a tradition