"Maintain" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve |   |
| 维护 | wéi hù | to defend / to safeguard / to protect / to uphold / to maintain | |
| 维持 | wéi chí | to keep / to maintain / to preserve | |
| 认定 | rèn dìng | to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with | |
| 保养 | bǎo yǎng | to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance | |
| 养护 | yǎng hù | to maintain / to conserve / curing (concrete etc) | |
| 保全 | bǎo quán | to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard | |
| 维系 | wéi xì | to maintain / to keep up / to hold together | |
| 赡养 | shàn yǎng | to support / to provide support for / to maintain | |
| 持 |  chí | to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control | |
| 维 | wéi | to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4]) | |
| 撑 | chēng | to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support | |
| 秉 | bǐng | to grasp / to hold / to maintain | |
| 力保 | lì bǎo | to seek to protect / to ensure / to maintain / to guard | |
| 持守 | chí shǒu | to maintain / to adhere to / to observe (an injunction etc) | |
| 抱持 | bào chí | to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing) | |
| 保密 | bǎo mì | to keep sth confidential / to maintain secrecy | |
| 维修 | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain | |
| 保健 | bǎo jiàn | health protection / health care / to maintain in good health | |
| 养生 | yǎng shēng | to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc) | |
| 养颜 | yǎng yán | to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance | |
| 独立自主 | dú lì zì zhǔ | independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs | |
| 安保 | ān bǎo | to maintain security (abbr.) | |
| 严守 | yán shǒu | to strictly maintain | |
| 保不住 | bǎo bu zhù | cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well | |
| 退守 | tuì shǒu | to retreat and defend / to withdraw and maintain one's guard | |
| 受持 | shòu chí | to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism) | |
| 纠察 | jiū chá | to maintain order / steward (policing a meeting) | |
| 执法如山 | zhí fǎ rú shān | to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly | |
| 摆摊子 | bǎi tān zi | to set up a stall / (fig.) to maintain a large staff and organization | |
| 答数 | dá shù | numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale) | |
| 车奴 | chē nú | car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car | |
| 养地 | yǎng dì | to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer) | |
| 取得并保持 | attain and maintain | | |
| 保八 | bǎo bā | to maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP (PRC policy) | |
| 维稳 | wéi wěn | to maintain social stability | |
| 有则改之，无则加勉 | yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn | correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom) | |
| 冻龄 | dòng líng | to maintain a youthful appearance | |
| 偶像包袱 | ǒu xiàng bāo fu | burden of having to maintain one's image as a pop idol | |
| 驻颜 | zhù yán | to maintain a youthful appearance | |
