"To hold" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve |   |
| 举行 | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) | |
| 举办 | jǔ bàn | to conduct / to hold (an event) | |
| 把握 | bǎ wò | to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome) | |
| 占据 | zhàn jù | to occupy / to hold | |
| 容纳 | róng nà | to hold / to contain / to accommodate / to tolerate (different opinions) | |
| 算数 | suàn shù | to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) | |
| 把 |  bǎ | to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 持有 | chí yǒu | to hold (passport, views etc) | |
| 占有 | zhàn yǒu | to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc) | |
| 握住 | wò zhù | to grip / to hold | |
| 包容 | bāo róng | to pardon / to forgive / to show tolerance / to contain / to hold / inclusive | |
| 高昂 | gāo áng | to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) | |
| 含蓄 | hán xù | to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism) | |
| 扣留 | kòu liú | to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate | |
| 收纳 | shōu nà | to receive / to accept / to take in / to hold | |
| 握有 | wò yǒu | to have / to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc) | |
| 手 | shǒu | hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] | |
| 容下 | róng xià | to hold / to admit / to accommodate / to tolerate | |
