我只是試著保護你。

I was just trying to protect you.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 只是 zhǐshì
  1. merely; only; just; nothing but
  2. simply
  3. but; however
3 試著 shìzhe (coll.) to try to
4 保護 bǎohù
  1. to protect
  2. to defend
  3. to safeguard
  4. protection

classifier: 種
=5 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=5 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)