保持

to keep in Mandarin

The mandarin vocabulary 保持 can also mean to maintain, to hold, and to preserve

Mnemomic to remember the meaning

You can remember the meaning of 保持 with this easy mnemonic:

In order to keep winning at this lawsuit, we have to defend (保) your innocence and grasp (持) at any small piece of information that may help.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

保持 is made up of these characters

These characters also appear in these words

Mnemomic to remember the reading

The reading of 保持 is bǎo chí.

You can remember how to say 保持 with this useful mnemonic:

Bow (bǎo) to the jury and keep your bad habits in check (chí) so that they favor you.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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How long does it take to learn Mandarin?

Learning vocabulary like to keep and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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