"維持" meaning in Chinese

See 維持 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ui³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /vi¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /vui⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰi⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Hailu, Zhudong, Sinological-IPA], /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /ui¹³⁻²² t͡sʰi¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /i²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA, Taipei], /i²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /i²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, IPA], /bi²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA], /ui¹³⁻²² ti¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, IPA], /d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA], /vi²² zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA] Audio: Zh-wéichí.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo] Forms: 维持 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 維持
  1. to maintain; to keep; to preserve; to uphold
    Sense id: en-維持-zh-verb-kpZZYTlx Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 24 20 20 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 20 20 17 20
  2. to support Synonyms (to support): 支持 (zhīchí)
    Sense id: en-維持-zh-verb-sDQVQy2J Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 24 20 20 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 20 20 17 20 Disambiguation of 'to support': 6 94 0
  3. to protect
    Sense id: en-維持-zh-verb-9gy7nNLb Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 20 17 63 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 13 0 87 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 21 14 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 24 20 20 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 20 20 17 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 維持生活 (wéichí shēnghuó), 维持生活 (wéichí shēnghuó) Related terms: 堅持 (jiānchí), 坚持 (jiānchí)
Synonyms: (bǎo) [in-compounds, literary], 保守 (bǎoshǒu), 保持 (bǎochí), (shǒu), 把牢 (bǎláo), 維繫 (wéixì), 维系 (wéixì), 保庇 [Hokkien], 保護 (bǎohù), 保护 (bǎohù), 保障 (bǎozhàng), 堅持 (jiānchí), 坚持 (jiānchí), 掩護 (yǎnhù), 掩护 (yǎnhù), 維護 (wéihù), 维护 (wéihù), 蔽護 (bìhù) [literary], 蔽护 (bìhù) [literary], (hù) [in-compounds, literary], (hù) [in-compounds, literary]
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéichí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄔˊ"
    },
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ui⁴ ci"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vì-chhṳ̀"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vui chi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-chhî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "î-chhî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bî-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rui⁵ ti⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶vi-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéichí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄔˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéichíh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei²-chʻih²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi-chŕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "weichyr"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛjči",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэйчи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ ci⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàih chìh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ tsi⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴ qi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ui⁴ ci"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vì-chhṳ̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vi^ˇ cii^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vi² ci²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vui chi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vui⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-chhî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "uî-tshî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "uichii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui¹³⁻²² t͡sʰi¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "î-chhî"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "î-tshî"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ichii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bî-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bî-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bi'dii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bi²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "uî-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ui'dii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui¹³⁻²² ti¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rui⁵ ti⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jûi thî"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶vi-zy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "vi^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³vi-zr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi²² zz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǎo",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "保"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǎoshǒu",
      "word": "保守"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǎochí",
      "word": "保持"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shǒu",
      "word": "守"
    },
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      "zh_pron": "ui⁴ ci"
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    {
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        "Phak-fa-su"
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        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
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      "zh_pron": "vui chi"
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        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh_pron": "ûi-chhî"
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        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh_pron": "ûi-tî"
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        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
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      "zh_pron": "rui⁵ ti⁵"
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        "Shanghai"
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh_pron": "wei²-chʻih²"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh_pron": "wéi-chŕ"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ tsi⁴"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh_pron": "wei⁴ qi⁴"
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    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ui⁴ ci"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ui³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²/",
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        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
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      "zh_pron": "vì-chhṳ̀"
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        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
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        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
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      "zh_pron": "vi² ci²"
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    {
      "ipa": "/vi¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
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      "zh_pron": "vui chi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vui⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰi⁵⁵/",
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        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
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    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh_pron": "uî-tshî"
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ui²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
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        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "î-tshî"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
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        "Taipei"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
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        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh_pron": "bî-tî"
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      "tags": [
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        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-tî"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "uî-tî"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ui'dii"
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      "tags": [
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        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rui⁵ ti⁵"
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jûi thî"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/",
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        "Northern",
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      "zh_pron": "³vi-zr"
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      "ipa": "/vi²² zz̩⁴⁴/",
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      "word": "保"
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    {
      "roman": "bǎoshǒu",
      "word": "保守"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎochí",
      "word": "保持"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒu",
      "word": "守"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎláo",
      "word": "把牢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéixì",
      "word": "維繫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéixì",
      "word": "维系"
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      "roman": "zhīchí",
      "sense": "to support",
      "word": "支持"
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      "word": "保庇"
    },
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      "roman": "bǎohù",
      "word": "保護"
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    {
      "roman": "bǎohù",
      "word": "保护"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǎozhàng",
      "word": "保障"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānchí",
      "word": "堅持"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānchí",
      "word": "坚持"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnhù",
      "word": "掩護"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnhù",
      "word": "掩护"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wéihù",
      "word": "維護"
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    {
      "roman": "wéihù",
      "word": "维护"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìhù",
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    },
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      "roman": "hù",
      "tags": [
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        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "护"
    }
  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (ffdbfc3 and b9346a0). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.