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English translations
to insist on, to persist in, to keep up, to stand on
Chinese characters:
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坚持 ( jianchi / jiānchí ) is composed of these characters:
坚 (jian)
, 持 (chi)
坚持 ( jianchi / jiānchí ) in traditional characters
堅持
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 坚持 ( jianchi / jiānchí ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Ni weishenme jianchi zuo zhexie?
Nĭ wèishénme jiānchī zuò zhèxie? – English translation: Why do you insist on doing this?
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
firm | to hold
坚持 ( jianchi / jiānchí ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 235)
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