保持

保持

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
simp. and trad. (保持)		保	持

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎochí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-chhṳ̀
• Min Nan (POJ): pó-chhî / pó-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎochí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄔˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baochy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎochíh
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² ci⁴
    • Yale: bóu chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² qi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ ci²
    • IPA: /po³¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-chhî
    • Tâi-lô: pó-tshî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poychii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-tî
    • Tâi-lô: pó-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'dii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti¹³/

Verb

保持

1. to keep; to maintain; to preserve; to remain; to stay; to exercise

   保持清潔 / 保持清洁  ―  bǎochí qīngjié  ―  to keep clean

   保持緘默 / 保持缄默  ―  bǎochí jiānmò  ―  to remain silent

   保持安靜 / 保持安静  ―  bǎochí ānjìng  ―  to keep quiet

   對……保持警惕 / 对……保持警惕  ―  duì...... bǎochí jǐngtì  ―  to remain vigilant against something

   保持克制  ―  bǎochí kèzhì  ―  to exercise restraint

   保持微笑  ―  bǎochí wēixiào  ―  to keep smiling

   畢業後，他仍然與同學保持聯繫。 [MSC, trad.]
   毕业后，他仍然与同学保持联系。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bìyè hòu, tā réngrán yǔ tóngxué bǎochí liánxì. [Pinyin]

   He still keeps in touch with his classmates after graduation.

Related terms

• 堅持／坚持 (jiānchí)
• 維持／维持 (wéichí)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	持
ほ Grade: 5	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

保持 (hiragana ほじ, rōmaji hoji, historical hiragana ほぢ)

1. keeping, holding, conservation, retention
2. maintenance

Verb

保持する (suru conjugation, hiragana ほじする, rōmaji hoji suru, historical hiragana ほぢする)

1. keep, hold, conserve
2. maintain

Conjugation

Conjugation of "保持する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	保持し	ほじし	hoji shi
Continuative (連用形)	保持し	ほじし	hoji shi
Terminal (終止形)	保持する	ほじする	hoji suru
Attributive (連体形)	保持する	ほじする	hoji suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	保持すれ	ほじすれ	hoji sure
Imperative (命令形)	保持せよ¹ 保持しろ²	ほじせよ¹ ほじしろ²	hoji seyo¹ hoji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	保持される	ほじされる	hoji sareru
Causative	保持させる 保持さす	ほじさせる ほじさす	hoji saseru hoji sasu
Potential	保持できる	ほじできる	hoji dekiru
Volitional	保持しよう	ほじしよう	hoji shiyō
Negative	保持しない	ほじしない	hoji shinai
Negative continuative	保持せず	ほじせず	hoji sezu
Formal	保持します	ほじします	hoji shimasu
Perfective	保持した	ほじした	hoji shita
Conjunctive	保持して	ほじして	hoji shite
Hypothetical conditional	保持すれば	ほじすれば	hoji sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative