# giữ
## Middle Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* jữ

### Verb

giữ
* to keep, to hold and maintain as one's own
    giữ mà đợngto keep in storage
* to safeguard
    giữ nhàto keep watch over a house
    giữ cửa giữ nhàto keep watch over the whole property
    giữ đạoto keep the faith
    giữ đạo cho blọnto be fully faithful
    giữ ngày lễ lạyto observe the holy days of obligation
    Đức thánh Anjo giữ mìnhAngel of God, watch over me
    giữ lễ nhítto keep the Sabbath
    noi giữ đạo Chúato be wholly faithful to Christianity
    giữ mềnhto protect oneself
    giữ lểyto take care of oneself
    lếy dấu thánh mà giữ mềnhto protect oneself with holy relics
    Dù mà có đạo sao᷃ le cu᷃̃ 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) “phào᷃ 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 Proto-Vietic *k-cɨh. Cognate with Muong Bi chữ and Chut [Rục] kɨcɨː⁴.
Attested as giữ in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

giữ • (𡨸, 𪧚, 𫳘, 㑏, 𡨹, 𡨺, 𧵤, 𢬇, 拧, 貯)
* to keep; to hold and maintain as one's own
    Hãy giữ lịch sự! ― Stay polite!
    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
* to safeguard

#### See also

* 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