維持

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See also: 维持

Chinese

to preserve; to maintain; to hold together
to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension
 
to grasp; to hold; support
to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
 
trad. (維持) 維 持
simp. (维持) 维 持

Pronunciation

Verb

維持

  1. to maintain; to keep; to preserve; to uphold
    維持原狀／维持原状  ―  wéichí yuánzhuàng  ―  to maintain the status quo
    維持原判／维持原判  ―  wéichí yuánpàn  ―  to uphold a decision
  2. to support
  3. to protect

Synonyms

  • (to maintain):
  • (to support): 支持 (zhīchí)
  • (to protect):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
維 持
い
Grade: S 		じ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

維(い)持(じ) • (iji) ←ゐぢ (widi)?

  1. maintenance

Verb

維(い)持(じ)する • (iji suru) ←ゐぢ (widi)?transitive suru (stem 維(い)持(じ)し (iji shi), past 維(い)持(じ)した (iji shita))

  1. maintain, keep
    • 2011, NHK‎:
      ハードスケジュールのなか、コンディションを維持(いじ)し、ホームランを打(う)ち続(つづ)けることは大変(たいへん)なことです。
      Hādosukejūru no naka, kondishon o iji shi, hōmuran o uchitsuzukeru koto wa taihen na koto desu.
      It's a difficult thing to maintain a hard schedule, maintain my condition, and be able to keep hitting home runs.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "維持する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 維持し いじし iji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 維持し いじし iji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 維持する いじする iji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 維持する いじする iji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 維持すれ いじすれ iji sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 維持せよ¹
維持しろ² 		いじせよ¹
いじしろ² 		iji seyo¹
iji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 維持される いじされる iji sareru
Causative 維持させる
維持さす 		いじさせる
いじさす 		iji saseru
iji sasu
Potential 維持できる いじできる iji dekiru
Volitional 維持しよう いじしよう iji shiyō
Negative 維持しない いじしない iji shinai
Negative continuative 維持せず いじせず iji sezu
Formal 維持します いじします iji shimasu
Perfective 維持した いじした iji shita
Conjunctive 維持して いじして iji shite
Hypothetical conditional 維持すれば いじすれば iji sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
維持

Noun

維持 • (yuji) (hangeul 유지)

  1. hanja form? of 유지 (“maintain; keep”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
維持

Verb

維持

  1. chữ Hán form of duy trì (“to maintain; to support; to keep up; to uphold; to keep alive”)
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