to protect

cover; shelter; hide or harbor

shelter roof (广) + phonetic (比) = to shelter and protect

广 depicts a cliffside shelter or lean-to roof, the core image of protective cover. 比 lends the sound bì and does not contribute to the meaning.

广+
广A cliffside overhangSemantic
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父母总是想护自己的孩子。

fù mǔ zǒng shì xiǎng bì hù zì jǐ de hái zi。

Parents always want to shelter their own children.

他被指责护了那个犯了错的人。

tā bèi zhǐ zé bì hù le nà ge fàn le cuò de rén。

He was accused of harboring the person who had made the mistake.

Words with 庇

亚庇

yà bì

Kota Kinabalu (capital of Sabah state, Malaysia)

包庇

bāo bì

to shield

外交庇护

wài jiāo bì hù

diplomatic asylum

大西庇阿

dà xī bì ā

Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman

庇佑

bì yòu

to bless

庇古

bì gǔ

Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), British economist

庇祐

bì yòu

to bless

庇荫

bì yìn

to give shade (of a tree etc)

庇西特拉图

bì xī tè lā tú

Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC

庇护

bì hù

to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge

庇护所

bì hù suǒ

shelter; refuge; sanctuary

托庇

tuō bì

to rely on sb for protection

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