保持

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 请大家保持安静。▶ —
   Everyone, please keep quiet.
2. 他始终保持着乐观的态度。▶ —
   He always maintains an optimistic attitude.

Collocations

Mnemonic

保 bǎo "to protect" + 持 chí "to hold": to keep holding, i.e. to maintain a state. 持 has the hand radical 扌. Opposite of 改变 (to change).

Related

Quick check

1. What is the core meaning of 保持?

   • to keep a state unchanged
   • to replace with new
   • to remove entirely
   • to increase rapidly