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保持
保
持
bǎo
chí
verb
HSK 3
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“To keep” in Chinese is
保持
(
bǎo
chí
).
01
Meaning
to keep
to maintain
to hold
Show 1 more meaning
to preserve
02
Example
保持安静!
Keep quiet!
Example sentence from
Tatoeba
(CC BY 2.0).
04
Characters
保
bǎo
HSK 3
9 strokes
Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])
↗
持
chí
HSK 3
9 strokes
to hold
↗
04
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xiāng
sì
similar; alike
HSK 3
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精神
jīng
shén
spirit
HSK 3
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保险
bǎo
xiǎn
insurance
HSK 3
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联合
lián
hé
to combine
HSK 3
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通信
tōng
xìn
to correspond (by letter, email etc)
HSK 3
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lìng
wài
additional
HSK 3
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不安
bù
'
ān
unpeaceful
HSK 3
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近期
jìn
qī
near in time
HSK 3
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进步
jìn
bù
progress; improvement
HSK 3
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风险
fēng
xiǎn
risk; hazard
HSK 3
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