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Chinese symbol for “apologist”

辩护士
biàn hù shì
Traditional: 辯護士
defender; apologist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for apologist is 辩护士 (biàn hù shì), defined as: defender; apologist.

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Characters and stroke order

辩 biàn
to argue, to dispute; to discuss, to debate
radical 160 ⾟ · 16 strokes
护 hù
to defend, to guard, to protect; shelter; endorse
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
士 shì
scholar, gentleman; soldier
radical 33 ⼠ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 辩护士.

WordPinyinMeaning
辩论 (辯論)biàn lùndebate; argument
辩护 (辯護)biàn hùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor of
辩解 (辯解)biàn jiěto explain; to justify
争辩 (爭辯)zhēng biàna dispute; to wrangle
辩证法 (辯證法)biàn zhèng fǎdialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate
答辩 (答辯)dá biànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
保护 (保護)bǎo hùto protect; to defend
维护 (維護)wéi hùto defend; to safeguard
人士rén shìperson; figure

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.