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chí

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chí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chí | chi2
English translation
to hold
to grasp
to support
to maintain
to persevere
to manage
to run (i.e. administer)
to control
to hold, to support, to sustain

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About chí

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

chí

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of chí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌寺

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using chí

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爱情 àiqíng shì 真实 zhēnshí de —— zuì 真实 zhēnshí zuì 持久 chíjiǔ de —— shì 我们 wǒmen suǒ 知道 zhīdào 的最 tián zuì de 东西 dōngxī .

Love is real - the most real, the most lasting - the sweetest and yet the bitterest thing we know.

击晕一位敌人 dírén , ràng 他易受到 shòudào 公正 gōngzhèng zhī chuí de 伤害 shānghài bìng 移动 yídòng huò 攻击 gōngjī ,持续 chíxù 6 miǎo .

Righteous and unable to move or attack for 6 sec.

使用 shǐyòng : 召唤 zhào huàn gēn bèi 击败 jī bài de 触须 chù xū wéi 作战 zuò zhàn ,持续 chíxù 30 miǎo .

Use: Summons a Vanquished Tentacle to your aid for 30 seconds.

zhè diǎn 给养充其量 chōng qí liàng zhǐ gòu 维持 wéichí Sān tiān .

The provisions can last three days at most.

坚持 jiānchí 所有 suǒyǒu 物质 wùzhì dōu 无限 wú xiàn de fēn .

He argued that all matter was infinitely divisible.

Words with chí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
支持 zhīchí to support支持 zhīchí
保持 bǎochí to keep保持 bǎochí
坚持 jiānchí to persevere with堅持
持续 chíxù to continue持續
维持 wéichí to keep維持
chí to hold chí
主持人 zhǔ chí rén host主持人 zhǔ chí rén
主持 zhǔchí to take charge of主持 zhǔchí
持有 chí yǒu to hold (passport, views etc)持有 chí yǒu
扶持 fú chí to help扶持 fú chí
劫持 jié chí to kidnap劫持 jié chí
持久 chíjiǔ lasting持久 chíjiǔ
持股 chí gǔ to hold shares持股 chí gǔ
支持者 zhī chí zhě supporter支持者 zhī chí zhě
持平 chí píng fair持平 chí píng
持有人 chí yǒu rén holder持有人 chí yǒu rén
挟持 xié chí to seize挾持
坚持不懈 jiān chí bù xiè to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end堅持不懈
持械 chí xiè armed (robbery etc)持械 chí xiè
支持率 zhī chí lǜ support level支持率 zhī chí lǜ
矜持 jīn chí reserved矜持 jīn chí
把持 bǎ chí to control把持 bǎ chí
水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí
持刀 chí dāo to hold a knife持刀 chí dāo

chí Decomposition & Compounds

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chí Decomposition

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