保护
Pinyin: bǎo hù
to protect
Example sentence
保护环境，人人有责。
Bǎohù huánjìng, rénrén yǒu zé.
Protecting the environment is everyone's duty.
What 保护 means
保护 (bǎo hù) is a Chinese word meaning “to protect”. It belongs to the Work, Study & Feelings topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.