保 卫

bǎowèi

“To defend” in Chinese is 保卫 (bǎowèi).

Meaning

to defend
to safeguard

Example

北约没办法保卫乌克兰。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

bǎoHSK 39 strokesBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])wèiHSK 33 strokesvassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces

More HSK 5 words

卧室wòshìbedroomHSK 5 继承jìchéngto inheritHSK 5 大致dàzhìmore or less; roughly; approximatelyHSK 5 羽毛球yǔmáoqiúbadmintonHSK 5 充足chōngzúadequateHSK 5 直线zhíxiànstraight lineHSK 5 学者xuézhěscholarHSK 5 公认gōngrènpublicly known (to be)HSK 5 报警bàojǐngto sound an alarmHSK 5 搜索sōusuǒto search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)HSK 5

Not to be confused with: 包围 (bāowéi, to surround; to encircle; to hem in)