保持 bǎochí — to keep, to maintain (a state)
bǎochí (third tone, dipping)bao3chi2
to keep, to maintain (a state)
HSK 5· HSK 1–6 (classic)Level 3· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to keep, to maintain (a state)
To hold a condition steady — silence, distance, a habit, a record. Its object is a state, never an object: you 保持 calm, but you 留 a seat.
verb
Example sentences
- 请在图书馆里保持安静。請在圖書館裏保持安靜。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) túshūguǎn (second tone, rising) lǐ (third tone, dipping) bǎochí (third tone, dipping) ānjìng. (first tone, high and level)···
Please keep quiet in the library.
- 他每天锻炼，保持身体健康。他每天鍛煉，保持身體健康。Tā (first tone, high and level) měi (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level) duànliàn, (fourth tone, falling) bǎochí (third tone, dipping) shēntǐ (first tone, high and level) jiànkāng. (fourth tone, falling)···
He exercises daily to stay healthy.