維wai4護wu6

English

1. to defend
2. to safeguard
3. to protect
4. to uphold
5. to maintain
6. to defend (maybe in a legal or ideological context)unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 令到（後者）唔受傷害；可以係指喺法律仲裁嗰度支持一個人，或者支持某啲言論同理念unreviewed?

Examples

• 台灣將維護自由。

  Taiwan will remain free!

  Tatoeba · mimosawang CC BY

• 當您滔滔不絕地談論著維護中產階級的生活水準時，我們的父母正死於體溫過低。

  While you drone on about preserving the standard of living for the middle class, our parents are dying of hypothermia.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• unreviewed?

  維護國家安全

  to safeguard national security

• unreviewed?

  維護人性尊嚴

  to maintain human dignity

• unreviewed?

  阿松嘗試想維護佢講嗰啲嘢，但係阿明跟手一句嘢就篤穿咗佢個謬論。

  A-chung tried to defend what he said, but A-ming pointed out his fallacy with just one statement.