HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

持

chí

to hold

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 持 in English

chíHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #5915
  1. to hold
  2. to grasp
  3. to support
  4. to maintain
  5. to persevere
  6. to manage
  7. to run (i.e. administer)
  8. to control

Example sentences

  1. 恐怕就这点上，我和你持不同意见。
    kǒng pà jiù zhè diǎn shàng， wǒ hé nǐ chí bù tóng yì jiàn。
    I'm afraid I differ with you on this point.
    Tatoeba #334267 by fucongcong · #71236 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 恐怕就这点上，我和你持不同意见。
    kǒng pà jiù zhè diǎn shàng， wǒ hé nǐ chí bù tóng yì jiàn。
    I'm afraid that I differ with you on this point.
    Tatoeba #334267 by fucongcong · #7217460 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

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HSK words with 持

坚持HSK 3支持HSK 4保持HSK 5持续HSK 5维持HSK 5主持HSK 5持久HSK 6持有HSK 6秉持HSK 7–9持平HSK 7–9

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