(zhī chí) - support, back up, stand by in Mandarin

zhīchí

Traditional: 支持

HSK 4

#812 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

support, back up, stand by

Word origin

支持 (zhīchí) 'to support' joins 支 (zhī, 'to prop, branch') and 持 (chí, 'to hold'). 支 shows a hand 又 holding a branch 十; 持 is a phono-semantic compound with the 扌 (hand) radical and 寺 (sì) as phonetic, 'to hold in the hand'.

Origin: compound
Root: 支 (zhī, hand holding a branch) + 持 (chí, 扌 hand + 寺 phonetic)

Stroke order

支

持

Examples

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I support your decision.

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She got the support of her family.

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Thank you for your support.

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Thank you everyone for the support.

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My parents have always supported my decision.

支持 (zhī chí) means support, back up, stand by. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 17.