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The Chinese word for to hold is





to hold

Chinese Definition


hold
     1. 动词. 拿﹝東西﹞
     2. 动词. ﹝指容器﹞盛載﹝液體﹞



Translations for hold and their definitions

     1. to take; to hold; to grasp
           我 拿 著着zhe 一 杯 水 - I am holding a cup of water.
           別 把 書 拿走。 - Don't take away the book.
     2. to seize; to capture
           嚴 拿 白撞 - Trespassers will be prosecuted.
     3. to have a firm grasp of
           拿權 - to hold the reins
           拿不准 - to be unsure
     4. to deliberately make things difficult for; to coerce
     5. to get; to receive
           拿 獎牌 - to get medals
           我 拿 了 亞軍。 - I was the runner-up.
     6. to act; to pretend
           拿.架子zi - to put on airs
     7. by means of; with; by
           拿 筆 寫字 - to write with a pen/pencil
           拿 事實 證明 - prove with facts
     8. (used to introduce the target of a following verb phrase)
           拿 我 開玩笑 - make fun of me
           我 拿 他 沒有 辦法。 - I can't do anything with him.
     9. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 嗱 (-)
     10. (Northern Wu, Min Bei) (particle introducing the object of the verb)
           老師 拿 伊 批評 了 一 頓。 - tr=1'lau sr&1'nau+3hhi&1phi bin leq&4iq ten, The teacher gave him a scolding., SH


船艙
     1. n. cabin (a private room on a ship)
     2. n. ship's hold


     1. to hold; to grasp
           持 刀 搶劫 - to carry out a robbery with a knife
     2. to hold (views, opinions, etc.)
           持 不同 看法 - to hold different views
           持 反對 態度 - to be opposed
     3. to manage; to run
           持家 - to run one's home; to housekeep
     4. to sustain; to support
           維持 - to maintain
           持之以恆 - to persevere
           ^持-國 ^天王 - Heavenly King who Upholds the Nation ((calque of Sanskrit (lang, sa, धृतराष्ट्र Dhṛtarāṣṭra)))
     5. to oppose (each other)
           僵持 - to be locked in a stalemate
           相持不下 - to be locked in a stalemate
     6. to control; to hold under duress
           劫持 - to hold under duress


船舱
     1. Simplified form of 船艙


     1. to hold; to grasp; to take
           把握 - to grasp; to control; to master
           媽媽ma 手把手 教 我 寫字。 (Māma shǒubǎshǒu jiào wǒ xiězì.) - My mom held my hand and taught me to write.
     2. to control; to dominate
           把控 (bǎkòng) - to control
     3. to guard; to have control over
           把守 (bǎshǒu) - to guard; to defend
           把門 - to guard a door or gate
     4. (colloquial) to be close; to be near
     5. to hold a baby while it relieves itself
           把尿 (bǎniào) - to hold a baby while it urinates
     6. (TCM) to feel (for the pulse)
           我 替 施主 把 把脈。 (Wǒ tì shīzhǔ bǎ bǎmài.) - Let me feel the pulse for you.
     7. A light verb or preposition placed before the object of a sentence to allow it to be placed before the verb, giving greater flexibility in complex sentence construction.
           他 把 刀 放 在 桌子zi 上。 (Tā bǎ dāo fàng zài zhuōzi shàng.) - He put the knife on the table.
     8. Used before a “subject + verb + complement” structure; to cause to; to make
           真的 把 我 氣死 了! (Zhēnde bǎ wǒ qìsǐ le!) - It really made me so mad!
     9. bundle; bunch
           火把 (huǒbǎ) - torch (stick with a flame on one end)
     10. handle; knob; grip (a part of an object which is held in the hand)
           車把 (chēbǎ) - handlebar (of a bicycle)
           刀把bà (dāobà) - knife handle; hilt
     11. stem (of a flower, leaf, fruit, etc.)
           葉把bà兒r (yèbàr) - stem of a leaf
           三 把 刀 (sān bǎ dāo) - three knives
           四 把 鉸gaau3剪 - four pairs of scissors
           一 把 刀囝 (siŏh bā dŏ̤-giāng, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1677) - a pocketknife, MD)
           兩 把 掃把 (liǎng bǎ sǎobǎ) - two brooms
           一 把 米 (yī bǎ mǐ) - a handful of rice
           一 把 韭菜 (yī bǎ jiǔcài) - a bunch of garlic chives
           點 一 把 火 - to light a fire
           加 把 勁兒r! (Jiā bǎ jìnr!) - Make an extra effort!
           一 把 年紀
           幫 你 一 把 (bāng nǐ yī bǎ) - to give you a helping hand
           過癮\過 把 過癮\癮 - to satisfy a craving
           打 把 麻將 - to play mahjong
           玩 兩 把 牌 - to play card games
           打 幾 把 遊戲 - to play video games
           汏浴\汏 把 汏浴\浴 (3da+2po+5hhioq, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1675) - to bathe, SH)
     12. (Xiamen, &, Quanzhou Hokkien)
           一 把 跤踏車 (chi̍t pé kha-ta̍h-chhia) - a bicycle, MN, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1677)
     13. Placed after numerals or classifiers to express uncertainty; approximately
           個 把 月 - approximately a month
           十 把 日 (sĕk bā nĭk, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1677) - approximately ten days, MD)
           隻 把 人 (ciă bǎ nêng, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1676) - several people, MB)
     14. (archaic or dialectal) to give
           把 壓歲錢 (ba3 'ngat6 sui4 qien2) - to give money (to children) during the Chinese New Year, G
           把 本 書 你 (ba3 ben3 xy1 nyi3, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1675) - to give you a book, X)
           把 我 一 本 書 - to give me a book, M-YZ, ref=(RQ:Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, 1672)
     15. =====Usage notes=====
     16. (zh-wp, zh:把字句, en:bǎ construction)


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