持
chí HSK3

sustain

持 chí
hold verb
to hold or grasp in one's hand

他手持鲜花，静静地站在门口等待。

tā shǒu chí xiān​huā, jìng jìng de zhàn zài mén​kǒu děng​dài.

Holding flowers in his hand, he stood quietly at the door waiting.

maintain verb
to maintain, uphold, or persevere in a state, belief, or position

双方在会议上对该方案持不同看法。

shuāng​fāng zài huì​yì shàng duì gāi fāng'àn chí bù​tóng kàn​fǎ.

Both sides held different views on the proposal during the meeting.

manage verb
to manage, run, or administer affairs or a household

她几十年如一日，一直勤俭持家。

tā jǐ​shí nián rú yī rì, yī​zhí qín​jiǎn chí jiā.

For decades, she has managed the household with thrift and diligence.

Frequency
Character
Written text
357th most common 620.1 per million
Movie subtitles
405th most common 369.4 per million appears in 81% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.93 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
81.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6301

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)