The Chinese word for to hold is
握

wò

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

拿
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. hold (cargo area)
2. cabin

持
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

把
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)
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16. (zh-wp, zh:把字句, en:bǎ construction)