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"hold" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn
做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
保持 bǎo chí to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve syn
举行 舉行 jǔ xíng to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) syn
举办 舉辦 jǔ bàn to conduct / to hold (an event) syn
把握 bǎ wò to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome) syn
占据 佔據 zhàn jù to occupy / to hold syn
容纳 容納 róng nà to hold / to contain / to accommodate / to tolerate (different opinions) syn
算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) syn
包 bāo to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn
拿 ná to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) syn
抱 bào to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely syn
盛 chéng to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil syn
憋 biē to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath) syn
手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn
持 chí to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control syn
含蕴 含蘊 hán yùn to contain / to hold / content / (of a poem etc) full of implicit meaning
持有 chí yǒu to hold (passport, views etc) syn
占有 佔有 zhàn yǒu to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc) syn
握住 wò zhù to grip / to hold syn
包容 bāo róng to pardon / to forgive / to show tolerance / to contain / to hold / inclusive syn
高昂 gāo áng to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) syn
含蓄 hán xù to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism) syn
扣留 kòu liú to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate syn
收纳 收納 shōu nà to receive / to accept / to take in / to hold syn
握有 wò yǒu to have / to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc) syn
容下 róng xià to hold / to admit / to accommodate / to tolerate
容 róng to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance syn
承 chéng to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive syn
载 載 zài to carry / to convey / to load / to hold / to fill up / and / also / as well as / simultaneously syn
握 wò to hold / to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / (bound form) to have in one's control / classifier: a handful syn
操 cāo to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language) syn
仗 zhàng weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle syn
仓 倉 cāng barn / granary / storehouse / cabin / hold (in ship) syn
屏 bǐng to get rid of / to put aside / to reject / to keep control / to hold (one's breath) syn
携 攜 xié to carry / to take along / to bring along / to hold (hands) / also pr. [xi1] syn
秉 bǐng to grasp / to hold / to maintain syn
攥 zuàn (coll.) to hold / to grip / to grasp syn
搦 nuò (literary) to hold (in the hand) / to challenge / to provoke syn
把舵 bǎ duò to hold the rudder / to hold (to take, to be at) the helm / to steer
呼叫保留 hū jiào bǎo liú call hold / hold
搤 è hold (strategic position)
摠 zǒng general / in every case / to hold
嗛 qiàn pouch / hold / content
据有 據有 jù yǒu to occupy / to hold / to possess
挜 掗 yà attach / brandish / hold
抱持 bào chí to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
揓 shì to hold / to grasp
鋡 hán to hold / to contain
撑开 撐開 chēng kāi to stretch taut / to open (an umbrella) / to hold (a bag etc) open / to prop open
Chinese Pinyin Translation
成立 chéng lì to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water syn
保留 bǎo liú to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn
担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn
兼职 兼職 jiān zhí to hold concurrent posts / concurrent job / moonlighting syn
酝酿 醞釀 yùn niàng (of alcohol) to ferment / (of a crisis) to be brewing / to mull over (an issue) / to hold exploratory discussions syn
保管 bǎo guǎn to hold in safekeeping / to have in one's care / to guarantee / certainly / surely / custodian / curator syn
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with syn
遏制 è zhì to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain syn
迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn
招待 zhāo dài to hold a reception / to offer hospitality / to entertain (guests) / to serve (customers) syn
接着 接著 jiē zhe to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn syn
蕴藏 蘊藏 yùn cáng to hold in store / to contain (untapped reserves etc) syn
吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ to hum and haw (idiom) / to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back syn
拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn
拉手 lā shǒu to hold hands / to shake hands syn
抱头 抱頭 bào tóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
插播 chā bō to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc / to put a call on hold
打伞 打傘 dǎ sǎn to hold up an umbrella syn
天珠 tiān zhū dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
囚笼 囚籠 qiú lóng cage used to hold or transport prisoners syn
兼课 兼課 jiān kè to teach classes in addition to other duties / to hold several teaching jobs
举 舉 jǔ to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed syn
尸位素餐 shī wèi sù cān to hold a sinecure (idiom) syn
做一天和尚撞一天钟 做一天和尚撞一天鐘 zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively syn
搞 gǎo to do / to make / to go in for / to set up / to get hold of / to take care of syn
舱 艙 cāng cabin / the hold of a ship or airplane syn
窝 窩 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn
捧 pěng to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands syn
搂 摟 lǒu to hug / to embrace / to hold in one's arms syn
叼 diāo to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) syn
等等 děng děng et cetera / and so on ... / wait a minute! / hold on! syn
抓住 zhuā zhù to grab hold of / to capture syn
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn
通话 通話 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call syn
执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power / in office syn
开会 開會 kāi huì to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
持股 chí gǔ to hold shares
放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand syn
任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn
到手 dào shǒu to take possession of / to get hold of syn
抵挡 抵擋 dǐ dǎng to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand syn
死死 sǐ sǐ rigid / unwavering / unbendable / firm (hold on sth) / tenacious syn
牵手 牽手 qiān shǒu to hold hands
崇尚 chóng shàng to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate syn
坚守 堅守 jiān shǒu to hold fast to / to stick to
高举 高舉 gāo jǔ to lift up / to hold high syn
紧握 緊握 jǐn wò to hold firmly, not let go syn
搂住 摟住 lǒu zhù to hold in one's arms / to embrace
任教 rèn jiào to hold a teaching position syn
兼任 jiān rèn to hold a concurrent post / part-time / (in academia) adjunct syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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