| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve |   |
| 保存 | bǎo cún | to conserve / to preserve / to keep / to save (a file etc) (computing) | |
| 维持 | wéi chí | to keep / to maintain / to preserve | |
| 保住 | bǎo zhù | to preserve / to save | |
| 保全 | bǎo quán | to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard | |
| 留存 | liú cún | to keep / to preserve / extant / to remain (from the past) | |
| 保藏 | bǎo cáng | to keep in store / to preserve | |
| 维 |  wéi | to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4]) | |
| 难保 | nán bǎo | hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve | |
| 目不斜视 | mù bù xié shì | not to glance sideways (idiom) / to gaze fixedly / to be fully concentrated / to preserve a correct attitude | |
| 轮作 | lún zuò | rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil) | |
| 守业 | shǒu yè | to preserve one's heritage / to defend the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work / to keep one's business going | |
| 慎独 | shèn dú | to preserve a proper behavior in private life | |
| 贞烈 | zhēn liè | ready to die to preserve one's chastity | |
| 抱残守缺 | bào cán shǒu quē | to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom) / conservative / stickler for tradition | |
| 阿弥陀佛 | E1 mí tuó Fó | Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha! | |
| 保残守缺 | bǎo cán shǒu quē | conservative / to preserve the outmoded | |
| 守身如玉 | shǒu shēn rú yù | to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste | |
| 养精蓄锐 | yǎng jīng xù ruì | to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom) / honing one's strength for the big push | |
| 守身 | shǒu shēn | to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste | |
| 保持原貌 | bǎo chí yuán mào | to preserve the original form | |
| 守成 | shǒu chéng | to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors | |
| 忍辱求全 | rěn rǔ qiú quán | to endure humiliation to preserve unity | |
| 罗缕纪存 | luó lu:3 jì cún | to record and preserve | |
| 贫贱不能移 | pín jiàn bù néng yí | not shaken by poverty / to preserve one's ambitions although destitute | |
| 设立保护国家名胜古迹委员会的协定 | | Agreement on Commission to Preserve National Monuments | |
| 保护国家名胜古迹委员会 | | Commission to Preserve National Monuments | |
| 维护中美洲和平合作条约 | | Treaty to preserve peace and cooperation in Central America | |
| 保护国家名胜古迹委员会协定 | | Agreement on the Commission to Preserve National Monuments | |
| 护生 | hù shēng | nursing student / (Buddhism) to preserve the lives of all living beings | |
