保守

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Chinese

to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
 
 to guard
trad. (保守) 保 守
simp. #(保守) 保 守
alternative forms 保㝊

Pronunciation

Verb

保守

  1. to keep; to guard
    保守黨的秘密／保守党的秘密  ―  bǎoshǒu Dǎng de mìmì  ―  to protect Party secrets

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Adjective

保守

  1. conservative (tending to resist change or innovation)
    很保守的國家／很保守的国家  ―  hěn bǎoshǒu de guójiā  ―  very conservative country

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
保 守
ほ
Grade: 5 		しゅ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

保(ほ)守(しゅ) • (hoshu) 

  1. maintenance; conservation
  2. (politics) political conservatism

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Verb

保(ほ)守(しゅ)する • (hoshu suru) transitive suru (stem 保(ほ)守(しゅ)し (hoshu shi), past 保(ほ)守(しゅ)した (hoshu shita))

  1. maintain

Conjugation

Conjugation of "保守する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 保守し ほしゅし hoshu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 保守し ほしゅし hoshu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 保守する ほしゅする hoshu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 保守する ほしゅする hoshu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 保守すれ ほしゅすれ hoshu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 保守せよ¹
保守しろ² 		ほしゅせよ¹
ほしゅしろ² 		hoshu seyo¹
hoshu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 保守される ほしゅされる hoshu sareru
Causative 保守させる
保守さす 		ほしゅさせる
ほしゅさす 		hoshu saseru
hoshu sasu
Potential 保守できる ほしゅできる hoshu dekiru
Volitional 保守しよう ほしゅしよう hoshu shiyō
Negative 保守しない ほしゅしない hoshu shinai
Negative continuative 保守せず ほしゅせず hoshu sezu
Formal 保守します ほしゅします hoshu shimasu
Perfective 保守した ほしゅした hoshu shita
Conjunctive 保守して ほしゅして hoshu shite
Hypothetical conditional 保守すれば ほしゅすれば hoshu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
保守

Noun

保守 • (bosu) (hangeul 보수)

  1. hanja form? of 보수 (“conservation; political conservatism”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
保守

Adjective

保守

  1. chữ Hán form of bảo thủ (“conservative”).
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