HSK 6 · Verbs

维护 wéihù “to safeguard” in Chinese

Traditional 維護

What 维护 means

  1. to safeguard
  2. to defend
  3. to maintain
  4. to protect
  5. to uphold

How to say 维护

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale护hù4th tone, falling

维护 in a sentence

  1. 我们要维护公共场所的卫生。

    Wǒmen yào wéihù gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ de wèishēng.

    We must keep public places clean.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个网站每周维护一次。

    Zhè ge wǎngzhàn měi zhōu wéihù yí cì.

    This website has maintenance once a week.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 维护 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 护 (hù) with each of its parts in a different colour
护hùto protect; to guard
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 户door · hù

Memory aidPicture a hand 扌 guarding the door 户: to protect.

How to write 维护

维 11 strokes · 护 7 strokes

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

Words related to 维护

Words with 维

维修wéixiū · to repair维持wéichí · to maintain纤维xiānwéi · fibre思维sīwéi · thinking维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin

Words with 护

护照hùzhào · passport保护bǎohù · to protect护士hùshi · nurse爱护àihù · to cherish救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance拥护yōnghù · to support守护shǒuhù · to guard掩护yǎnhù · to cover辩护biànhù · to defend

More words: Common Verbs

挽救wǎnjiù · to save玩弄wánnòng · to play with喂wèi · to feed (a person or animal)维持wéichí · to maintain无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason镶嵌xiāngqiàn · to inlay衔接xiánjiē · to link up掀起xiānqǐ · to lift

FAQs

维护 (wéihù) means “to safeguard” or “to defend”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wéihù: wéi with a 2nd tone, then hù with a 4th 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, 维护 is written 維護. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weihu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 维护 from the suggestions. Typing weihu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
维护 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.