# 保守 (bǎoshǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 保守 (bǎoshǒu) means “conservative; to guard”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: conservative; to guard
- Pinyin: bǎoshǒu (bao3 shou3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 请帮我保守这个秘密。
  Qǐng bāng wǒ bǎoshǒu zhège mìmì.
  Please keep this secret for me.

## Characters

- [保](https://hanziro.com/word/bao-protect/) (bǎo): to protect; to keep
- [守](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-guard/) (shǒu): to guard; to keep watch

https://hanziro.com/word/bao-shou-conservative/

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