HSK 6 HSK V4
Correct

维持

/ wéichí /
Strokes

Definition

to keep/to maintain/to preserve

Example

As a Verb

keep; maintain; preserve

1
men
我们
zhījiān
之间
de
yǒu
友谊
zài
无法
wéichí
维持
xià
下去
le
  

Friendship can no longer be maintained between us.

2
Gāi
tiě
铁路
shì
yòng
gōngkuǎn
公款
lái
wéichí
维持
de
  

The railway is maintained with public money.

3
Shí
食物
足以
wéichí
维持
dào
nián
年底

have enough food to get to the end of the year

4
Yán
严格
wéichí
维持
纪律

rigidly maintain discipline

5
Nán
难以
wéichí
维持
shēng
生计

be hard to get by in life

6
Miǎnqiǎng
勉强
wéichí
维持
shēnghuó
生活

make a bare/slender/scanty livelihood; scrape a living

7
Wéichí
维持
zhìān
治安

keep peace and order

8
Wéichí
维持
zhì
秩序

keep/maintain order

9
Wéichí
维持
yuánpàn
原判

affirm the original judgement; uphold a lower court's ruling; uphold the original verdict

10
Wéichí
维持
xiànzhuàng
现状

maintain the status quo

11
Wéichí
维持
jià
物价

maintain prices

12
Wéichí
维持
体力

conserve/preserve/maintain one's strength

13
Wéichí
维持
shìchǎng
市场

maintain the market

14
Wéichí
维持
shēngmìng
生命

support/sustain/maintain life; subsist (on); keep body and soul together

15
Wéichí
维持
shēng
生计

maintain one's livelihood; get a maintenance (from)

16
Wéichí
维持
shēnghuó
生活

keep body and soul together; support oneself or one's family

17
Wéichí
维持
píng
和平

keep/maintain peace

As a Verb

protect and support; shelter; cover

18
Yóu
由于
gāi
guānyuán
官员
de
wéichí
维持
  
,
ge
那个
zuìfàn
罪犯
xiāoyáowài
逍遥法外
  

Due to the official's cover-up, the criminal went unpunished.