呵護

See also: 呵护

Chinese

		expel breath; my goodness; (phonetic particle)	protect
trad. (呵護)		呵	護
simp. (呵护)		呵	护
alternative forms		訶護／诃护

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēhù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ wu⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹hu-wu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hehù
  - Wade–Giles: ho¹-hu⁴
  - Yale: hē-hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehuh
  - Palladius: хэху (xɛxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho¹ wu⁶
  - Yale: hō wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ wu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ wuː²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹hu-wu
  - MiniDict: hu^平 wu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hu-hhu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

Middle Chinese: xa huH

Rime
Character	呵	護
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	虎何切	胡誤切
Baxter	xa	huH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑ/	/ɦuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑ/	/ɦuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑ/	/ɣo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ha/	/ɦɔ^H/
Li Rong	/xɑ/	/ɣo^H/
Wang Li	/xɑ/	/ɣu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɑ/	/ɣuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hē	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho¹	wu⁶

Verb

呵護

to look after; to take care of
to take good care of; to cherish
to protect; to guard
to bless and protect; to be safeguarded

Synonyms

(to look after):

帶量 / 带量 (dàiliàng) (literary)
招呼 (zhāohū)
照應 / 照应 (zhàoying)
照拂 (zhàofú)
照料 (zhàoliào)
照理 (zhàolǐ) (literary)
照看 (zhàokàn)
照管 (zhàoguǎn)
照顧 / 照顾 (zhàogù)
理論 / 理论 (lǐlùn) (obsolete)
看管 (kānguǎn)
觀顧 / 观顾 (Hokkien)
調理 / 调理 (tiáolǐ)
關照 / 关照 (guānzhào)

(to take good care of):

寶惜 / 宝惜 (Hokkien)
寶愛 / 宝爱 (bǎo'ài) (literary)
心疼 (xīnténg)
愛惜 / 爱惜 (àixī)
愛憐 / 爱怜 (àilián)
愛護 / 爱护 (àihù)
愛錫 / 爱锡 (oi³ sek³) (Cantonese)
憐愛 / 怜爱 (lián'ài)
珍惜 (zhēnxī)
珍愛 / 珍爱 (zhēn'ài)
珍視 / 珍视 (zhēnshì)
珍重 (zhēnzhòng)
疼惜 (Hokkien)
疼愛 / 疼爱 (téng'ài)
顧惜 / 顾惜 (gùxī)

(to protect):

保衛 / 保卫 (bǎowèi)
守 (shǒu)
守候 (shǒuhòu)
守衛 / 守卫 (shǒuwèi)
守護 / 守护 (shǒuhù)
張持 / 张持 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
戍衛 / 戍卫 (shùwèi)
捍衛 / 捍卫 (hànwèi)
看護 / 看护 (kānhù)
衛護 / 卫护 (wèihù)
護衛 / 护卫 (hùwèi)
防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
防守 (fángshǒu)
防衛 / 防卫 (fángwèi)

(to bless and protect):

保佑 (bǎoyòu)
庇佑 (bìyòu) (especially from deities)
賜福 / 赐福 (cìfú)