保持

HSK 5#644 by frequencyradical 亻

bǎo chí["v","vn"]

to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve

Examples

保持微笑。

Keep on smiling.

保持警惕。

Stay sharp.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.