維繫

Chinese

		to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	connect; to tie
trad. (維繫)		維	繫
simp. (维系)		维	系

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéixì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ hai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-hē / î-hē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéixì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéisì
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-hsi⁴
  - Yale: wéi-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishih
  - Palladius: вэйси (vɛjsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    維繫／维系
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ hai⁶
  - Yale: wàih haih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ hai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ hei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ hɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-hē
  - Tâi-lô: uî-hē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'he
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² he²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² he⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² he²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-hē
  - Tâi-lô: î-hē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'he
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ he³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ he³³/

Verb

維繫

to maintain; to keep up; to hold together

Synonyms

保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
保守 (bǎoshǒu)
保持 (bǎochí)
守 (shǒu)
把牢 (bǎláo)
維持／维持 (wéichí)

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