# 守護
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǒuhù
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sau$^2$ wu$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siú-hō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siu$^2$ hu$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuhù
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuhù
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^3$-hu$^4$
*** Yale: shǒu-hù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouhuh
*** Palladius: шоуху (šouxu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^2$ wu$^6$
*** Yale: sáu wuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^2$ wu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^2$ wu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯³⁵ wuː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-hō͘
*** Tâi-lô: siú-hōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siw'ho
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siu$^2$ hu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siú hŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /siu⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³⁵/

### Verb

守護
* to guard; to protect; to safeguard

#### Synonyms

* 保衛／保卫 (bǎowèi)
* 呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
* 守 (shǒu)
* 守候 (shǒuhòu)
* 守衛／守卫 (shǒuwèi)
* 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)

#### Derived terms

* 守護天使／守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ)
* 守護神／守护神 (shǒuhùshén)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 守護(しゅご) (shugo)
* → Korean: 수호(守護) (suho)
* → Vietnamese: thủ hộ (守護)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 守 | 護 |
| しゅ Grade: 3 | ご Grade: 5 |
| goon ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕɨɡo̞]

### Noun

守(しゅ)護(ご) • (shugo)
* protection; safeguard

### Verb

守(しゅ)護(ご)する • (shugo suru) suru (stem 守(しゅ)護(ご)し (shugo shi), past 守(しゅ)護(ご)した (shugo shita))
* to protect
** 1935, 林不忘, 稲生播磨守:
    刀(かたな)というものは、君(きみ)を守護(しゅご)し、また一身(いっしん)を守(まも)る道具(どうぐ)。
       Katana to iu mono wa, kimi o shugo shi, mata isshin o mamoru dōgu.
       The sword is a tool to protect you and to protect myself as well.

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 守護し | しゅごし | shugo shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 守護し | しゅごし | shugo shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 守護する | しゅごする | shugo suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 守護する | しゅごする | shugo suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 守護すれ | しゅごすれ | shugo sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 守護せよ¹ 守護しろ² | しゅごせよ¹ しゅごしろ² | shugo seyo¹ shugo shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 守護される | しゅごされる | shugo sareru |
| Causative | 守護させる 守護さす | しゅごさせる しゅごさす | shugo saseru shugo sasu |
| Potential | 守護できる | しゅごできる | shugo dekiru |
| Volitional | 守護しよう | しゅごしよう | shugo shiyō |
| Negative | 守護しない | しゅごしない | shugo shinai |
| Negative continuative | 守護せず | しゅごせず | shugo sezu |
| Formal | 守護します | しゅごします | shugo shimasu |
| Perfective | 守護した | しゅごした | shugo shita |
| Conjunctive | 守護して | しゅごして | shugo shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 守護すれば | しゅごすれば | shugo sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 守 | 護 |

### Noun

守護 • (suho) (hangeul 수호)
* hanja form of 수호 (“protection, protect, guard, defend”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 守 | 護 |

### Noun

守護
* chữ Hán form of thủ hộ.