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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

保持 [bǎochí]
  1. 1. verb maintain
    保持良好的秩序
    maintain good order
    保持警惕
    stay vigilant
    保持清醒的头脑
    keep a clear head

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

保持 [bǎochí]
  1. 1. keep; maintain; preserve; stay; hold; retain
    保持安静
    keep quiet
    保持冷静的头脑
    keep a cool head; keep cool
    保持中立
    remain neutral; maintain neutrality
    保持警惕
    maintain vigilance; be on the alert
    保持跳高记录
    retain the high jump record
  2. 2. preservation

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

保持 [bǎochí]
  1. 1. 维持某种状态,使不消失或改变
    保持优良传统
    保持原貌。

Examples

保持安静!
Keep quiet!
在那危急的时刻,他还保持着安详的神态。
At the critical juncture, he still kept his composure.
保持冷静的头脑
keep a cool head; keep cool
保持警惕
maintain vigilance; be on the alert
保持沉默
remain silent
保持高产、优质、低消耗
maintain a record of high production, good quality and low consumption
他给我递了个眼色,要我保持沉默。
He winked at me to keep silent.

Collocations

保持安静
keep quiet
保持联系
keep in touch
保持下去
hold on
保持
to hold
努力保持
try to maintain
水土保持
water and soil conservation

Word Decomposition


[bǎo]
+
[chí]

nciku Note

保持 and 维持

保持 and 维持
bǎochí and wéichí

1. 保持 means "to keep a state or situation unchanged" and can take all sorts of nominal objects and disyllabic verbal and adjectival objects.
(1) 一直以来,他都保持着旺盛的创作激情。
(2) 虽然我们不在一个城市,但我们一直保持着联系。
(3) 请大家保持安静。
(4) 这里的建筑一直保持着独特的风格。
(5) 他总是能使自己的房间保持整洁。

2. Besides keeping something unchanged, 维持 also implies reluctance, passivity and something that must continue.
(1) 他们负责维持现场秩序。
(2) 这些食物只够我们维持两天。
(3) 他自己也不知道这段感情还有什么值得继续维持下去的。
(4) 他们一直保持维持)着合作关系。

保持 is usually applied to a normal and effortless relationship, while 维持 is applied to a passive or reluctant relationship. 维持 also means to safeguard and support e.g. .暗中维持, 多方维持, etc.

1.“保持”有使状况、局面继续不变的意思。可带各种名词性宾语,也可带双音节动词、形容词宾语。
2.“维持”除了有使原有状况、局面不变的意思外,含有比较勉强的、被动的、不得不继续下去的意思。
但用“保持”多指正常的、不费力的关系,用“维持”则常指被动的或勉强的关系。维持还有维护支持的意思,如“暗中维持”、“多方维持”等。

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