坚持 jiānchí Insist

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Traditional: 堅持

Stroke order

坚持 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

坚持 — the Chinese character for Insist (jiānchí), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 坚持 — Insist

坚 — 7 strokes
持 — 9 strokes

Senses

to persevere with
to persist in
to insist on

Characters in 坚持

坚 jiān — strong; solid; firm
持 chí — to hold; to grasp; to support

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

他每天坚持跑步。Tā měi tiān jiānchí pǎobù.He keeps running every day.
我们要坚持到最后。Wǒmen yào jiānchí dào zuìhòu.We must keep going to the end.

Related words

坚持 is pronounced jiānchí and means “Insist”.

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