(jiān chí) - to insist, to persist in Mandarin
jiānchíTraditional: 坚持
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Translation
to insist, to persist
Word origin
坚持 means 'to persist, to insist': 坚 (jiān, 'firm, hard', simplified from 堅, with 土 earth) plus 持 (chí, 'to hold', with 扌the hand radical). Literally to hold firmly.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 坚 (jiān, firm) + 持 (chí, to hold: 扌hand + 寺 phonetic)
Stroke order
坚
持
Examples
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He insists on his own view.
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Please persist and do not give up.
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I persist with studying every day.
步。
She insists on running every day.
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We must stick to our principles.
坚持 (jiān chí) means to insist or to persist.
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