giữ

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See also: giu, Giu, giù, giừ, giú, giũ, and giu.

Middle Vietnamese

Alternative forms

jữ

Verb

giữ

to keep, to hold and maintain as one's own
giữ mà đợng
to keep in storage
to safeguard
giữ nhà
to keep watch over a house

giữ cửa giữ nhà
to keep watch over the whole property

giữ đạo
to keep the faith

giữ đạo cho blọn
to be fully faithful

giữ ngày lễ lạy
to observe the holy days of obligation

Đức thánh Anjo giữ mình
Angel of God, watch over me

giữ lễ nhít
to keep the Sabbath

noi giữ đạo Chúa
to be wholly faithful to Christianity

giữ mềnh
to protect oneself

giữ lểy
to take care of oneself

lếy dấu thánh mà giữ mềnh
to protect oneself with holy relics

Dù mà có đạo sao᷄ le cu᷄̃ phải giữ.
Those belonging to the faith must also keep the faith.

Synonyms

(to safeguard): thủ, trấn, trực
(to keep): lưu, trữ

Derived terms

Descendants

Vietnamese: giữ

References

De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “giữ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “blọn”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “chực tiét”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “cửa”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “đạo”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “đợng”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “đức”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “lễ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “lếy”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “noi”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “phào᷄ mềnh”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “thủ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “trấn”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “trực”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.
De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “De Verbis”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) chữ (in dialects without ngã-nặng merger)
(North Central Vietnam) chự (in dialects with ngã-nặng merger)

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese giữ, from Proto-Vietic *k-cɨh. Cognate with Muong Bi chữ and Chut kɨcɨː⁴.

Pronunciation

Verb

giữ • (𡨸, 𪧚, 𫳘, 㑏, 𡨹, 𡨺, 𧵤, 𢬇, 拧, 貯)

to keep; to hold and maintain as one's own
Giữ cái này chặt lại không thôi nó sẽ rớt ra.
Keep this tight or else it will fall out.

giữ khoảng cách an toàn ― to keep a safe distance
to safeguard

See also

Derived terms

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