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Pinyin: chíEnglish Definition: to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to controlChinese Definition: ①拿着，握住：持笔。持枪。持牢(把稳)。
②遵守不变：坚持。持久。持操(保持节操)。持之以恒。
③主张，掌管：主持。持平。持国。持重。持之有故(立论有根据)。
④对待，处理：持身(对待自己)。持盈。持胜。
⑤扶助：支持。撑持。Total strokes: 9;
Radical: 手 Pictophonetic:
寺 indicates the sound;
扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
- ⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 寺 [ sì ] court, office; temple, monastery
Example Words:
坚持 [
jiān chí ]: to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
支持 [
zhī chí ]: to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; Classifiers:
个 保持 [
bǎo chí ]: to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
主持 [
zhǔ chí ]: to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
持续 [
chí xù ]: to continue; to persist; sustainable; preservation
Example Sentences- 对于去哪里我们家人持不同意见。
My family are not in agreement on where to go.
- 可是我们对很多名人却不是持这样的看法的，我们而是要求他们完美，不管在哪方面。
However, we do not hold such a philosophy towards celebrities. Instead, we require them to be perfect in all respects.
- 他们都经过日常学校理事会投票通过，与会每位学生和老师各持一票。
All have been agreed at the regular school council meetings where teachers and pupils each have one vote.
- 我仍然持过去的看法。
I still hold my former views.
- 如果这个问题存在的话--请允许我对此持怀疑态度--那么，这个问题是由老年人而不是青年人造成的。
If there is one -- which I take leave to doubt -- then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves.
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