保持
bǎo chíㄅㄠˇ ㄔˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: BẢO TRÌ
Traditional: 保持
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(verb, verbal noun)
to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
Examples
请保持安静。
qǐng bǎo chí ān jìng.
Please keep quiet.
我们一直保持联系。
wǒ men yì zhí bǎo chí lián xì.
We've always stayed in touch.
每天运动能保持健康。
měi tiān yùn dòng néng bǎo chí jiàn kāng.
Exercising every day keeps you healthy.
Easily confused
- 维修 — Reads 'bảo trì' (Vietnamese for 'maintenance/repair'), but 保持 means 'keep'; machine maintenance is 维修 / 保养.
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Stroke order
BẢO · 9 strokes
Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚
TRÌ · 9 strokes
to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
Related words
- 保护 bǎo hù — to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection
- 保证 bǎo zhèng — guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge
- 保险 bǎo xiǎn — insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to
- 保留 bǎo liú — to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later
- 保存 bǎo cún — to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing)
- 确保 què bǎo — to ensure; to guarantee
- 保障 bǎo zhàng — to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard
- 保守 bǎo shǒu — conservative; to guard; to keep