坚持

Character by character

• 坚jiān7 strokesHSK 3 traditional 堅hard, strong, firm; resolute
• 持chí9 strokesHSK 3sustain, support; hold, grasp

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Example sentences

• 坚持到底！

  Jiān chí dào dǐ

  Stiff upper lip!

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• 他们坚持让他走。

  Tā men jiān chí ràng tā zǒu

  They insist that he should go.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 坚持. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 支持zhī chíHSK 3

  to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by

• 保持bǎo chíHSK 3

  to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve

• 持续chí xùHSK 3

  to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation

• 维持wéi chíHSK 4

  to keep; to maintain; to preserve

• 坚强jiān qiángHSK 3

  staunch; strong

• 主持人zhǔ chí rénHSK 6

  TV or radio presenter; host; anchor

• 主持zhǔ chíHSK 3

  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

• 持chíHSK 7

  to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control

• 持有chí yǒuHSK 6

  to hold (passport, views etc)

• 坚定jiān dìngHSK 5

  firm; steady; staunch; resolute

• 坚决jiān juéHSK 3

  firm; resolute; determined

• 坚信jiān xìnHSK 7

  to believe firmly; without any doubt

• 持久chí jiǔHSK 7

  lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long

• 坚守jiān shǒuHSK 7

  to hold fast to; to stick to

• 劫持jié chíHSK 7

  to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct; to hold under duress

• 扶持fú chíHSK 7

  to help; to assist

• 坚固jiān gùHSK 4

  firm; firmly; hard; stable

• 坚实jiān shíHSK 7

  firm and substantial; solid

• 坚硬jiān yìngHSK 7

  hard; solid

• 坚持不懈jiān chí bù xièHSK 7

  to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end

• 坚韧jiān rènHSK 7

  tough and durable; tenacious

• 挟持xié chíHSK 7

  to seize

• 持之以恒chí zhī yǐ héngHSK 7

  to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere