# 維持
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéichí
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄔˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^4$ ci$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ui$^4$ ci
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì-chhṳ̀
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-chhî / î-chhî / bî-tî / ûi-tî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rui$^5$ ti$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vi-zy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéichí
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄔˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéichíh
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$-chʻih$^2$
*** Yale: wéi-chŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weichyr
*** Palladius: вэйчи (vɛjči)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^4$ ci$^4$
*** Yale: wàih chìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^4$ tsi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^4$ qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ui$^4$ ci
*** Sinological IPA : /ui³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì-chhṳ̀
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi$^ˇ$ cii$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^2$ ci$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chhî
*** Tâi-lô: uî-tshî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uichii
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² t͡sʰi¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-chhî
*** Tâi-lô: î-tshî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ichii
*** IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-tî
*** Tâi-lô: bî-tî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bi'dii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-tî
*** Tâi-lô: uî-tî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ui'dii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² ti¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: rui$^5$ ti$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jûi thî
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vi-zy
*** MiniDict: vi$^去$ zy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$vi-zr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² zz̩⁴⁴/

### Verb

維持
* to maintain; to keep; to preserve; to uphold
    維持原狀／维持原状 ― wéichí yuánzhuàng ― to maintain the status quo
    維持原判／维持原判 ― wéichí yuánpàn ― to uphold a decision
* to support
* to protect

#### Synonyms

* (to maintain):
* 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 保守 (bǎoshǒu)
* 保持 (bǎochí)
* 守 (shǒu)
* 把牢 (bǎláo)
* 維繫／维系 (wéixì)
* (to support): 支持 (zhīchí)
* (to protect):
* 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 保庇 (Hokkien)
* 保護／保护 (bǎohù)
* 保障 (bǎozhàng)
* 堅持／坚持 (jiānchí)
* 掩護／掩护 (yǎnhù)
* 維護／维护 (wéihù)
* 蔽護／蔽护 (bìhù) (literary)
* 護／护 (hù) (literary, or in compounds)

#### Derived terms

* 維持生活／维持生活 (wéichí shēnghuó)

#### Related terms

* 堅持／坚持 (jiānchí)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 維 | 持 |
| い Grade: S | じ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いじ [íꜜjì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [iʑi]

### Noun

維(い)持(じ) • (iji)
* maintenance

### Verb

維(い)持(じ)する • (iji suru) transitive suru (stem 維(い)持(じ)し (iji shi), past 維(い)持(じ)した (iji shita))
* maintain, keep
** 2011, NHK‎:ハードスケジュールのなか、コンディションを維持(いじ)し、ホームランを打(う)ち続(つづ)けることは大変(たいへん)なことです。Hādosukejūru no naka, kondishon o iji shi, hōmuran o uchitsuzukeru koto wa taihen na koto desu.It's a difficult thing to maintain a hard schedule, maintain my condition, and be able to keep hitting home runs.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 維持し | いじし | iji shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 維持し | いじし | iji shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 維持する | いじする | iji suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 維持する | いじする | iji suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 維持すれ | いじすれ | iji sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 維持せよ¹ 維持しろ² | いじせよ¹ いじしろ² | iji seyo¹ iji shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 維持される | いじされる | iji sareru |
| Causative | 維持させる 維持さす | いじさせる いじさす | iji saseru iji sasu |
| Potential | 維持できる | いじできる | iji dekiru |
| Volitional | 維持しよう | いじしよう | iji shiyō |
| Negative | 維持しない | いじしない | iji shinai |
| Negative continuative | 維持せず | いじせず | iji sezu |
| Formal | 維持します | いじします | iji shimasu |
| Perfective | 維持した | いじした | iji shita |
| Conjunctive | 維持して | いじして | iji shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 維持すれば | いじすれば | iji sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 維 | 持 |

### Noun

維持 • (yuji) (hangeul 유지)
* hanja form of 유지 (“maintain; keep”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 維 | 持 |

### Verb

維持
* chữ Hán form of duy trì (“to maintain; to support; to keep up; to uphold; to keep alive”).