# 持续 (chíxù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 持续 (chíxù) means “to continue”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to continue
- Pinyin: chíxù (chi2 xu4)
- Traditional: 持續
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这场大雨已经持续了三天。
  Zhè chǎng dàyǔ yǐjīng chíxùle sān tiān.
  This heavy rain has already continued for three days.

## Characters

- [持](https://hanziro.com/word/chi-hold/) (chí): to hold; to maintain
- [续](https://hanziro.com/word/xu-continue/) (xù): to continue; to refill

https://hanziro.com/word/chi-xu-continue/

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