扼守

Chinese

		hold (strategic position)	to guard
simp. and trad. (扼守)		扼	守

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-shou³
    • Yale: è-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehshoou
    • Palladius: эшоу (ešou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

扼守

1. to guard (a strategic location); to hold (a pass)

Synonyms

• 把守 (bǎshǒu)
• (literary): 守把 (shǒubǎ)