保持 bǎochí▶ giữ

Stroke order

保持 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 保 — 9 strokes
• 持 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to keep
2. to maintain
3. to hold
4. to preserve

Related words

• 主持Chủ nhà
• 保存Bảo tồn, giữ gìn
• 保留Giữ lại, duy trì
• 保险Bảo hiểm
• 持续Liên tục; tiếp diễn
• 保养duy trì

保持 is pronounced bǎochí and means “giữ”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 保持 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.