堅持 jiānchí HSK3 to persist Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents jiānchí to persist 坚 堅 jiān adjectiveverb resolute firmly; resolutely; unyielding; without shaking持 chí verbnoun to maintain to maintain; to keep; to preserve; to support; to persist in a statejiānchí to uphold 坚 堅 jiān adjectiveverb resolute firmly; resolutely; unyielding; without shaking持 chí verb to hold an opinion to hold or possess a certain thought, view, or attitude