| 保护 | bǎo hù | to protect / to defend / to safeguard / protection / CL:種|种[zhong3] |   |
| 维护 | wéi hù | to defend / to safeguard / to protect / to uphold / to maintain | |
| 预防 | yù fáng | to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic | |
| 防守 | fáng shǒu | to defend / to protect (against) | |
| 守护 | shǒu hù | to guard / to protect | |
| 防护 | fáng hù | to defend / to protect | |
| 护卫 | hù wèi | to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) | |
| 庇护 | bì hù | to shelter / to protect / to provide refuge / (law) asylum | |
| 护着 | hù zhe | to protect / to guard / to shield | |
| 镇守 | zhèn shǒu | (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect | |
| 保育 | bǎo yù | to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation | |
| 庇佑 | bì yòu | to bless / to protect / protection (esp. divine) | |
| 保 |  bǎo | to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system | |
| 卫护 | wèi hù | to guard / to protect | |
| 护 | hù | to protect | |
| 防 | fáng | to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent | |
| 卫 | wèi | to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet | |
| 罩 | zhào | to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it | |
| 佑 | yòu | (bound form) to bless / to protect | |
| 庇 | bì | to protect / cover / shelter / hide or harbor | |
| 颐 | yí | (literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect | |
| 祐 | yòu | (of divinity) to bless / to protect | |
| 妪 | yù | old woman / to brood over / to protect | |
| 庇祐 | bì yòu | to bless / to protect / protection (esp. divine) / also written 庇佑[bi4 you4] | |
| 保驾护航 | bǎo jià hù háng | (idiom) to safeguard (sth) / to protect (sth) | |
| 护佑 | hù yòu | to bless and protect / to protect | |
