主持

Character by character

• 主zhǔ5 strokesHSK 2master, chief owner; host; lord
• 持chí9 strokesHSK 3sustain, support; hold, grasp

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 主持. 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

• 坚持jiān chíHSK 3

  to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on

• 主zhǔHSK 7

  owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)

• 主要zhǔ yàoHSK 2

  main; principal; major; primary

• 持续chí xùHSK 3

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

• 主题zhǔ tíHSK 4

  theme; subject

• 主任zhǔ rènHSK 3

  director; head

• 主席zhǔ xíHSK 4

  chairperson; premier; chairman

• 主人zhǔ rénHSK 2

  master; host; owner

• 主动zhǔ dòngHSK 3

  to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc)

• 维持wéi chíHSK 4

  to keep; to maintain; to preserve

• 主管zhǔ guǎnHSK 5

  in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager

• 公主gōng zhǔHSK 6

  princess

• 主义zhǔ yìHSK 7

  -ism; ideology

• 主持人zhǔ chí rénHSK 6

  TV or radio presenter; host; anchor

• 民主mín zhǔHSK 6

  democracy

• 持chíHSK 7

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

• 主意zhǔ yiHSK 3

  plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi]

• 主角zhǔ juéHSK 6

  leading role; lead; protagonist

• 持有chí yǒuHSK 6

  to hold (passport, views etc)

• 主演zhǔ yǎnHSK 7

  to act the leading role (in a movie or a play); to star; lead actor

• 主张zhǔ zhāngHSK 3

  to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion

• 自主zì zhǔHSK 3

  independent; to act for oneself; autonomous