持 chí
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chí
verb
to grasp; to hold
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 拿着 (CCD '持' 1; FE '持' 1; Guoyu '持' v 1; Kroll 2015 '持' 1, p. 51; Unihan '持') -
chí
verb
to resist; to oppose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 对抗 (CCD '持' 5; Guoyu '持' v 3; Kroll 2015 '持' 6, p. 51) -
chí
verb
to uphold
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 支持 (Guoyu '持' v 4; Kroll 2015 '持' 1a, p. 51) -
chí
verb
to sustain; to keep; to uphold
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '持' 2; FE '持' 2; Guoyu '持' v 2; Kroll 2015 '持' 2, p. 51;Unihan '持') -
chí
verb
to administer; to manage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 主管 (CCD '持' 3; FE '持' 3; Guoyu '持' v 6; Kroll 2015 '持' 3, p. 51) -
chí
verb
to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 控制 (CCD '持' 4; Kroll 2015 '持' 4, p. 51) -
chí
verb
to be cautious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '持' 4a, p. 51) -
chí
verb
to remember
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '持' 5, p. 51) -
chí
verb
to assist
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '持' v 5) -
chí
verb
with; using
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a pre-verb (Kroll 2015 '持' 7, p. 51)
Contained in
- 支持率 support level; popularity rating
- 操持 to manage; to handle
- 支持 to support
- 持平 to stay level ; fair; unbiased
- 相持 locked in a stalemate; to confront one another
- 护持(護持) to protect and uphold
- 持论(持論) a proposition; an argument
- 保持原貌 to preserve the original form
- 修持 to practice; to cultivate
- 持枪抢劫(持槍搶劫) armed robbery
- 持续性植物人状态(持續性植物人狀態) persistent vegetative state
- 秉持 to uphold; to hold fast to
- 记持(記持) to retain in memory
- 持橐簪笔(持橐簪筆) to serve as a counselor
- 挟持雇主(挾持雇主) gherao
- 把持不定 indecisive
- 扶持 to help; to assist ; to support
- 持久战(持久戰) prolonged war; war of attrition
- 核僵持 nuclear equipoise; nuclear stalemate
- 抱持 to hold (expectations, hopes etc); to maintain (an attitude etc); to harbor (doubts etc); to clinch (boxing)
- 料持 to arrange; to manage; to attend to; to take care of; to look after (the cooking)
- 持卡人 cardholder
- 持续性植物状态(持續性植物狀態) persistent vegetative state
- 持平之论(持平之論) fair argument; unbiased view
- 持股 to hold shares
- 持守 to maintain; to guard
- 持有 to hold
- 僵持不下 deadlocked and unwilling to compromise
- 水土保持 soil conservation
- 坚持下去(堅持下去) to press on
- 争持(爭持) to refuse to concede; not to give in
- 奉持 to practice; to uphold; to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- 老成持重 old and wise; experienced and knowledgeable
- 持禄(持祿) to maintain an official position
- 牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好,全仗綠葉扶持) Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves . However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
- 持之以恒(持之以恆) to pursue unremittingly; to persevere
- 胁持(脅持) to hold under duress
- 同侪扶持(同儕扶持) peer support
- 持重 prudent; cautious ; to be in charge of ritual ceremonies ; to hold an important office
- 维持社会秩序(維持社會秩序) maintain social order
- 坚持到底(堅持到底) to persist until the end
- 擐甲持戈 to put on armor and carry a weapon; equipped for battle
- 主持人 TV or radio presenter; host; anchor
- 多种语言支持(多種語言支持) multilingual support
- 把持 to hold; to grasp ; to monopolize ; to control
- 持械 armed (robbery etc)
- 持有人 holder
- 行持 to practice; to put to use
- 主持 to preside over (a meeting)/ to direct ; host; anchor; master of ceremonies (MC) ; administrator; manager
- 持家 to housekeep; housekeeping
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- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
- 《手部》 Shǒu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 23
- 卷二十三上 志第十三上 儀衛上 Volume 23a Treatises 13: Ceremonies 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 20
- 卷一百二十九 列傳第六十七: 酷吏 高閭山 蒲察合住 佞幸 蕭肄 張仲軻 李通 馬欽 高懷貞 蕭裕 胥持國 Volume 129 Biographies 67: Ku Li, Gao Lushan, Pucha Hezhu, Ning Xing, Xiao Yi, Zhang Zhongke, Li Tong, Ma Qin, Gao Huaizhen, Xiao Yu, Xu Chiguo History of Jin 金史 — count: 17
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 16
- 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
- 卷二百〇八 列傳第九十五: 外夷一 高麗 耽羅 日本 Volume 208 Biographies 95: Foreign Peoples 1 - Goryeo, Tamna, Japan History of Yuan 元史 — count: 15
- 卷四百二十四 列傳第一百八十三 陸持之 徐鹿卿 趙逢龍 趙汝騰 孫夢觀 洪天錫 黃師雍 徐元杰 孫子秀 李伯玉 Volume 424 Biographies 183: Lu Chizhi, Xu Luqing, Zhao Fenglong, Zhao Ruteng, Sun Mengguan, Hong Tianxi, Huang Shiyong, Xu Yuanjie, Sun Zixiu, Li Boyu History of Song 宋史 — count: 14
- 卷九十三 志第四十六 河渠三 Volume 93 Treatises 46: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
- 卷一百四十八 志第一百〇一 儀衞六 Volume 148 Treatises 101: Ceremonial Guards 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
Collocations
- 能持 (能持) 能持盈守成 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 5
- 持天下 (持天下) 夫不定內不可以持天下 — Guanzi 管子, 事語第七十一 Chapter 71: Shi Yu — count: 4
- 持弓矢 (持弓矢) 然後持弓矢審固 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《射義》 The Meaning of the Ceremony of Archery — count: 4
- 持盈 (持盈) 能持盈守成 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 4
- 持胜 (持勝) 賢主以此持勝 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十二 道應訓 Chapter 12: Responses of the Way — count: 4
- 持满 (持滿) 持滿者與天 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 4
- 持养 (持養) 持養其萬民 — Mozi 墨子, 卷七 天志中 Book 7 - Will of Heaven II — count: 3
- 坐持 (坐持) 從者二人坐持几 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 3
- 人持 (人持) 自妾之身之不為人持接也 — Guanzi 管子, 戒第二十六 Chapter 26: Jie Di — count: 2
- 令持 (令持) 而不可令持牢 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十 泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 2