堅守

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See also: 坚守

Chinese

strong; solid; firm
strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
 
to guard
trad. (堅守)
simp. (坚守)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (28) (26)
Final () (85) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter ken syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ken/ /ɕɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ken/ /ɕiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛn/ /ɕiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛn/ /ɕuwX/
Li
Rong
/ken/ /ɕiuX/
Wang
Li
/kien/ /ɕĭəuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kien/ /ɕi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān shǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gin1 sau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiān shǒu
Middle
Chinese
‹ ken › ‹ syuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁi/ /*s-tuʔ/
English solid, strong keep, guard

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 1330 11666
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kiːn/ /*qʰljuʔ/
Notes

Verb

堅守

  1. to hole up in a place; to dig in and refuse to give up; to fight until the end without giving up; to vigorously defend oneself without giving up; to uphold

Synonyms