保持
bǎo​chí HSK3

to maintain

保持 bǎo​chí
to maintain verb
to keep, maintain, or preserve something in its current state so that it does not change or disappear

我们都应该保持冷静。

wǒ​men dōu yīng​gāi bǎo​chí lěng​jìng.

We should stay calm, all of us.

运动如何保持心脏年轻？

yùn​dòng rú​hé bǎo​chí xīn​zàng nián​qīng?

How does exercise keep the heart young?

Frequency
Movie subtitles
153.3 per million appears in 45% of films
Written text
188.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)