持 chí

1. 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')
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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')
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. chí verb to be cautious
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '持' 4a, p. 51)
8. chí verb to remember
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '持' 5, p. 51)
9. chí verb to assist
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '持' v 5)
10. chí verb with; using
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a pre-verb (Kroll 2015 '持' 7, p. 51)

Contained in

• 持械 armed (robbery etc)
• 支持 to support ; to help; to assist ; to manage; to handle ; to pay ; to make excuses
• 矜持 reserved; aloof
• 保持克制 to exercise restraint
• 坚持(堅持) to be committed to; to persist; to be stubborn
• 危而不持 national danger, but no support
• 持平之论(持平之論) fair argument; unbiased view
• 抱持 to hold (expectations, hopes etc); to maintain (an attitude etc); to harbor (doubts etc); to clinch (boxing)
• 坚持己意(堅持己意) stubbornly hold to one's own opinion
• 自持 to maintain self respect ; self control
• 秉持 to uphold; to hold fast to
• 主持 to preside over (a meeting); to direct ; host; anchor; master of ceremonies (MC) ; administrator; manager
• 老成持重 old and wise; experienced and knowledgeable
• 持久 enduring; lasting
• 持论(持論) a proposition; an argument
• 核僵持 nuclear equipoise; nuclear stalemate
• 持守 to maintain; to guard
• 担持(擔持) to forgive; to be lenient
• 料持 to arrange; to manage; to attend to; to take care of; to look after (the cooking)
• 撑持(撐持) to support; to shore up
• 持枪抢劫(持槍搶劫) armed robbery
• 支持不住 unable to hold up
• 持平 to stay level ; fair; unbiased
• 挟持(挾持) to grasp a person on both sides by their arms
• 僵持不下 deadlocked and unwilling to compromise
• 护持(護持) to protect and uphold
• 挟持雇主(挾持雇主) gherao
• 持续时间(持續時間) duration
• 持橐簪笔(持橐簪筆) to serve as a counselor
• 持笔(持筆) to hold a pen
• 独持异议(獨持異議) to adhere to one's own ideas
• 水土保持 soil conservation
• 把持不定 indecisive
• 持续性植物状态(持續性植物狀態) persistent vegetative state
• 迦持 the laws of the Buddhism
• 持不同政见(持不同政見) (politically) dissenting; dissident
• 勤俭持家(勤儉持家) hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
• 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持(牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持) 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.
• 擐甲持戈 to put on armor and carry a weapon; equipped for battle
• 持不同政见者(持不同政見者) (political) dissident
• 同侪扶持(同儕扶持) peer support
• 旷日持久(曠日持久) protracted ; long and drawn-out
• 维持费(維持費) maintenance costs
• 持禄(持祿) to maintain an official position
• 记持(記持) to retain in memory
• 持有人 holder
• 支持率 support level; popularity rating
• 持续性植物人状态(持續性植物人狀態) persistent vegetative state
• 维持社会秩序(維持社會秩序) maintain social order
• 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.

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• 第四十五回 Chapter 45 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 16
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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
• 持满 (持滿) 持滿者與天 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 4
• 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
• 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
• 持危 (持危) 治亂持危 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《中庸》 The State of Equilibrium and Harmony, also known as the Doctrine of the Mean — count: 2