Maintain in Chinese
to maintain · HSK 5
保持
- 保 to protect
- 持 to hold
请保持安静。 Please keep quiet.
Other ways to say maintain
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How do you say maintain in Chinese?
Maintain in Chinese is 保持 (bǎo chí). You can also say 维持 (wéi chí), 维修 (wéi xiū), 维护 (wéi hù), 保 (bǎo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
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