"keep" meaning in Chinese

See keep in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kʰiːp̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English keep. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|keep}} English keep Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} keep, {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} (Hong Kong Cantonese)
  1. to keep; to maintain possession of Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-keep-zh-verb-IM2qMKMx Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 33 33 34
  2. to keep; to maintain condition of; to preserve Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-keep-zh-verb-QjLAtjM0 Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 33 33 34
  3. (sports) to mark or guard a player from the opposing team Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-keep-zh-verb-GkJbzAt9 Categories (other): Sports, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts, Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 24 15 60 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 30 29 41 Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 33 33 34 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: keep住 (kip1 zyu6) [Cantonese] Related terms: keeper
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kip1 zyu6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "keep住"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "keep"
      },
      "expansion": "English keep",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English keep.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "keep",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Hong Kong Cantonese"
      },
      "expansion": "(Hong Kong Cantonese)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "keeper"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep; to maintain possession of"
      ],
      "id": "en-keep-zh-verb-IM2qMKMx",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep#English"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "possession",
          "possession"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep; to maintain condition of; to preserve"
      ],
      "id": "en-keep-zh-verb-QjLAtjM0",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep#English"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "zh:Sports",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 15 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 29 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mark or guard a player from the opposing team"
      ],
      "id": "en-keep-zh-verb-GkJbzAt9",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) to mark or guard a player from the opposing team"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kip¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kip¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kīp"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kip⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kib¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiːp̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Hong Kong Cantonese",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kip1 zyu6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "keep住"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "keep"
      },
      "expansion": "English keep",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English keep.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "keep",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Hong Kong Cantonese"
      },
      "expansion": "(Hong Kong Cantonese)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "keeper"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to keep; to maintain possession of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep#English"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "possession",
          "possession"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to keep; to maintain condition of; to preserve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep#English"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mark or guard a player from the opposing team"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) to mark or guard a player from the opposing team"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kip¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kip¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kīp"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kip⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kib¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰiːp̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep"
}

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