維繫

Chinese

		to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	connect; to tie
trad. (維繫)		維	繫
simp. (维系)		维	系

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéixì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ hai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-hē / î-hē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéixì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéisì
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-hsi⁴
    • Yale: wéi-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishih
    • Palladius: вэйси (vɛjsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ hai⁶
    • Yale: wàih haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ hɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-hē
    • Tâi-lô: uî-hē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'he
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² he²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² he⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² he²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-hē
    • Tâi-lô: î-hē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'he
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ he³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ he³³/

Verb

維繫

1. to maintain; to keep up; to hold together

Synonyms

• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 保守 (bǎoshǒu)
• 保持 (bǎochí)
• 守 (shǒu)
• 把牢 (bǎláo)
• 維持／维持 (wéichí)