保持

Character by character

• 保bǎo9 strokesHSK 3protect, safeguard, defend, care
• 持chí9 strokesHSK 3sustain, support; hold, grasp

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 保持. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 保护bǎo hùHSK 3

  to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection

• 支持zhī chíHSK 3

  to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by

• 保证bǎo zhèngHSK 3

  guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge

• 坚持jiān chíHSK 3

  to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on

• 保险bǎo xiǎnHSK 3

  insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to

• 保bǎoHSK 3

  to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old)

• 确保què bǎoHSK 3

  to ensure; to guarantee

• 持续chí xùHSK 3

  to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation

• 维持wéi chíHSK 4

  to keep; to maintain; to preserve

• 保留bǎo liúHSK 3

  to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later

• 保安bǎo ānHSK 3

  to ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production); public security; security guard

• 主持人zhǔ chí rénHSK 6

  TV or radio presenter; host; anchor

• 主持zhǔ chíHSK 3

  to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor

• 持chíHSK 7

  to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control

• 保障bǎo zhàngHSK 7

  to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard

• 保存bǎo cúnHSK 3

  to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing)

• 持有chí yǒuHSK 6

  to hold (passport, views etc)

• 环保huán bǎoHSK 3

  environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护

• 保佑bǎo yòuHSK 7

  to bless and protect; blessing

• 保守bǎo shǒuHSK 4

  conservative; to guard; to keep

• 担保dān bǎoHSK 4

  to guarantee; to vouch for

• 保卫bǎo wèiHSK 5

  to defend; to safeguard

• 保密bǎo mìHSK 4

  to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy

• 保姆bǎo mǔHSK 7

  nanny; housekeeper