堅持

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See also: 坚持

Chinese

strong; solid; firm
strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
 
to grasp; to hold; support
to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
 
trad. (堅持) 堅 持
simp. (坚持) 坚 持

Pronunciation

Note: giang1 ti5 - Shantou.

Verb

堅持

  1. to insist on; to persist with; to keep on (doing something); to stick to; to stick with; to persevere
    堅持下去／坚持下去  ―  jiānchí xiàqù  ―  to keep going; to carry on
    帶病堅持工作／带病坚持工作  ―  dàibìng jiānchí gōngzuò  ―  to keep working despite being ill
    堅持就是勝利。／坚持就是胜利。  ―  Jiānchí jiùshì shènglì.  ―  Persistence is victory; Success belongs to the persevering.
  2. to uphold; to assert; to stick up for; to safeguard; to protect; to maintain
    堅持真理／坚持真理  ―  jiānchí zhēnlǐ  ―  to uphold the truth
    堅持原則／坚持原则  ―  jiānchí yuánzé  ―  to uphold principles
    你需要進一步堅持自己的想法。 [MSC, trad.]
    你需要进一步坚持自己的想法。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ xūyào jìnyībù jiānchí zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.
    You need to assert yourself more.

Synonyms

  • (to uphold):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to persist with”): 放棄／放弃 (fàngqì)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
堅 持
けん
Grade: S 		じ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

堅(けん)持(じ) • (kenji) 

  1. insist, persistence, tenacity, adherence

Synonyms

Verb

堅(けん)持(じ)する • (kenji suru) suru (stem 堅(けん)持(じ)し (kenji shi), past 堅(けん)持(じ)した (kenji shita))

  1. insist, persist

Conjugation

Conjugation of "堅持する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 堅持し けんじし kenji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 堅持し けんじし kenji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 堅持する けんじする kenji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 堅持する けんじする kenji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 堅持すれ けんじすれ kenji sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 堅持せよ¹
堅持しろ² 		けんじせよ¹
けんじしろ² 		kenji seyo¹
kenji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 堅持される けんじされる kenji sareru
Causative 堅持させる
堅持さす 		けんじさせる
けんじさす 		kenji saseru
kenji sasu
Potential 堅持できる けんじできる kenji dekiru
Volitional 堅持しよう けんじしよう kenji shiyō
Negative 堅持しない けんじしない kenji shinai
Negative continuative 堅持せず けんじせず kenji sezu
Formal 堅持します けんじします kenji shimasu
Perfective 堅持した けんじした kenji shita
Conjunctive 堅持して けんじして kenji shite
Hypothetical conditional 堅持すれば けんじすれば kenji sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
堅持

Verb

堅持

  1. chữ Hán form of kiên trì (“to persist; to persevere”).
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