giữ

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

Middle Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• jữ

Verb

giữ

1. to keep, to hold and maintain as one's own

   giữ mà đợng

   to keep in storage

2. 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

• gìn giữ
• giữ canh
• giữ giàng
• giữ nghĩa

Descendants

• Vietnamese: giữ

References

• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “giữ”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “blọn”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “chực tiét”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “cửa”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “đạo”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “đợng”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “đức”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “lễ”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “lếy”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “noi”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “phào᷄ mềnh”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “thủ”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “trấn”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “trực”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide
• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “De Verbis”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide

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 [Rục] kɨcɨː⁴.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɨ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɨ˨˩˦]
• Homophone: dữ

Verb

giữ • (𡨸, 𪧚, 𫳘, 㑏, 𡨹, 𡨺, 𧵤, 𢬇, 拧, 貯)

1. 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

2. to safeguard

See also

Derived terms

• bắt giữ
• canh giữ
• cầm giữ
• chiếm giữ
• giam giữ
• gìn giữ
• giữ chỗ
• giữ giàng
• giữ gìn
• giữ kẽ
• giữ lời
• giữ miếng
• giữ miệng
• giữ mình
• giữ nguyên
• giữ rịt
• giữ tiếng
• giữ vững
• giữ ý
• lưu giữ
• nắm giữ
• tạm giữ
• trấn giữ
• trông giữ