坚持

jiānchí

to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 堅持

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 坚强jiānqiángstaunchB5
  • 坚定jiāndìngfirmB6
  • 坚固jiāngùfirmB6
  • 坚决jiānjuéfirmB6
  • 坚硬jiānyìnghardB6
  • 坚果jiānguǒnutB7
  • 坚韧jiānrèntough and durableB7
  • 支持zhīchíto be in favor ofB4
  • 保持bǎochíto keepB5
  • 持续chíxùto continueB5
  • 维持wéichíto keepB5
  • 主持zhǔchíto take charge ofB5
  • 持久chíjiǔlastingB6
  • 持有chíyǒuto hold (passport, views etc)B6

See it in sentences

学习汉语要坚持每天读。

Learning Chinese takes reading every day without giving up.

他坚持跑步三年了。

He has kept up running for three years.