坚持

堅持

jiānchí

verb HSK 3 #870

Meanings

Firmly holding on — perseverance.

坚持就是胜利。

Jiānchí jiùshì shènglì.

Perseverance is victory.

他坚持每天跑步。

Tā jiānchí měitiān pǎobù.

He persists in running every day.

你要坚持自己的想法。

Nǐ yào jiānchí zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.

You should stick to your own ideas.

我坚持不下去了。

Wǒ jiānchí bú xiàqù le.

I can't keep going anymore.

usage

坚持 + verb phrase means 'persist in doing something': 坚持学习 (keep studying). 坚持不下去 means 'can't keep going.'

culture

坚持就是胜利 (Perseverance is victory) is one of the most commonly quoted motivational sayings in Chinese.

坚 jiān

持 chí