持
Meaning
chí chi2
Example sentences
- His speech lasted three hours.
HSK words with 持
- 支持 zhīchí to be in favor of
- 保持 bǎochí to keep
- 坚持 jiānchí to persevere with
- 持续 chíxù to continue
- 主持 zhǔchí to take charge of
- 维持 wéichí to keep
- 主持人 zhǔchírén TV or radio presenter
- 持有 chíyǒu to hold (passport, views etc)
- 持久 chíjiǔ lasting
- 劫持 jiéchí to kidnap
- 扶持 fúchí to help
- 坚持不懈 jiānchíbùxiè to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end
- 挟持 xiéchí to seize
- 持之以恒 chízhīyǐhéng to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere