How do you say “maintain” in Vietnamese?

“Maintain” in Vietnamese is duy trì (to maintain), bảo trì (to maintain), giữ gìn (to guard).

Vietnamese words for “maintain”

• duy trìListenverb
  Hanoi [zwi˧˧ t͡ɕi˨˩] · Saigon [j⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˧˧ ʈɪj˨˩]duy level trì falling

  to maintain; to support; to keep up

• bảo trìListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓaːw˧˩ t͡ɕi˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ ʈɪj˨˩]bảo dipping trì falling

  to maintain; to preserve

• giữ gìnListenverb
  Hanoi [zɨ˦ˀ˥ zin˨˩] · Saigon [jɨ˨˩˦ jɨn˨˩]giữ creaky rising gìn falling

  to guard; to preserve; to maintain

Related Vietnamese words

• gìn giữListenverb

  to guard; to preserve; to maintain

• nắm giữListenverb

  to have; to hold; to keep

• giữListenverb

  to keep; to safeguard

• chủ trươngListenverb

  position; standpoint; policy

• chống giữListenverb

  to withstand; to hold out

• quả quyếtListenverb

  decisive; resolute; determined

• bảo quảnListenverb

  to store or preserve

• giữ vữngListenverb

  to hold something steady; to hold firm to something

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.