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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)

持
chí
to hold, to support, to sustain
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

保持
bǎochí
to keep
HSK 5
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
HSK 6
僵持
jiāngchí
to be deadlocked
劫持
jiéchí
to kidnap
主持
zhǔchí
to take charge of
HSK 5
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
HSK 4
支持
zhīchí
to be in favor of
HSK 4
操持
cāochi
to manage

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
356
Word Frequency Rank
849 of 84,292

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