Preserve in Chinese
to preserve · HSK 5
保持
- 保 to protect
- 持 to hold
请保持安静。 Please keep quiet.
Other ways to say preserve
More words with 保 or 持
How do you say preserve in Chinese?
Preserve in Chinese is 保持 (bǎo chí). You can also say 保存 (bǎo cún), 保留 (bǎo liú), 维持 (wéi chí).
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?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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