HSK 6 · Verbs

维持 wéichí “to maintain” in Chinese

Traditional 維持

What 维持 means

  1. to maintain
  2. to keep
  3. to preserve

How to say 维持

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale维wéi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale持chí2nd tone, rising

维持 in a sentence

  1. 他靠什么维持生活？

    Tā kào shénme wéichí shēnghuó?

    How does he make a living?

    Sentence #4764599 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 许多网站都是靠广告收入来维持的。

    Xǔduō wǎngzhàn dōu shì kào guǎnggào shōurù lái wéichí de.

    Many websites are kept going by advertising revenue.

    Sentence #13526166 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 维持一个人的声誉是很难的。

    Wéichí yí ge rén de shēngyù shì hěn nán de.

    It’s hard to keep a good reputation.

    Sentence #798116 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 维持 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 维 (wéi) with each of its parts in a different colour
维wéito preserve
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with wéi.

The character 持 (chí) with each of its parts in a different colour
持chíto hold
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 寺court · sìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 寺 (sì) hints at the sound. Compare it with chí.

How to write 维持

维 11 strokes · 持 9 strokes

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维持 (wéichí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 维持 (wéichí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 维持

Words with 维

维修wéixiū · to repair维护wéihù · to safeguard纤维xiānwéi · fibre思维sīwéi · thinking维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin

Words with 持

支持zhīchí · to support坚持jiānchí · to persevere with保持bǎochí · to keep持续chíxù · to continue主持zhǔchí · to host (a programme or event)持久chíjiǔ · lasting

More words: Common Verbs

挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve挽救wǎnjiù · to save玩弄wánnòng · to play with喂wèi · to feed (a person or animal)维护wéihù · to safeguard无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason镶嵌xiāngqiàn · to inlay衔接xiánjiē · to link up

FAQs

维持 (wéichí) means “to maintain” or “to keep”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wéichí: wéi with a 2nd tone, then chí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 维持 is written 維持. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weichi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 维持 from the suggestions. Typing weichi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
维持 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.