to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve
to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on
to continue / to last / to persist
to hold (passport, views etc)
to carry a gun
lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long
to keep / to maintain / to preserve
to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
host / master of ceremonies / (TV or radio) presenter / anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI) / program director
to kidnap / to hijack / to abduct / to hold under duress
supporter
armed (robbery etc)
prolonged war / war of attrition
to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress / to abduct
to help / to assist
(idiom) to persevere unremittingly / to keep going until the end
support level / popularity rating
reserved / aloof
to control / to dominate / to monopolize
to be deadlocked
to hold under duress
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
(politically) dissenting / dissident
(political) dissident
persistent agent
to pursue unremittingly (idiom) / to persevere
(HK) stakeholder
(finance) to hold one's securities (rather than selling them)
position (finance)
to hold a knife / knife-wielding
cardholder
to maintain / to adhere to / to observe (an injunction etc)
to housekeep / to run one's household
fair argument / unbiased view
side (in a formal debate)
holder
armed robbery
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27