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持
chí
1.
to hold
2.
to grasp
3.
to support
4.
to maintain
5.
to persevere
6.
to manage
7.
to run (i.e. administer)
8.
to control
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 9 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
保持
bǎochí
to keep
持家
chíjiā
to housekeep
持刀
chídāo
to hold a knife
迦持
jiāchí
the laws of the Buddhism
胁持
xiéchí
to hold under duress
持守
chíshǒu
maintain
维持
wéichí
to keep
僵持
jiāngchí
to be deadlocked
劫持
jiéchí
to kidnap
主持
zhǔchí
to take charge of
秉持
bǐngchí
to uphold
矜持
jīnchí
reserved
受持
shòuchí
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
住持
zhùchí
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist
相持
xiāngchí
locked in a stalemate
争持
zhēngchí
to refuse to concede
料持
liàochí
to arrange
坚持
jiānchí
to persevere with
支持
zhīchí
to be in favor of
操持
cāochi
to manage
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 356
- Word Frequency Rank
- 849 of 84,292