# 坚持 (jiānchí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 坚持 (jiānchí) means “to persist; to insist on”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to persist; to insist on
- Pinyin: jiānchí (jian1 chi2)
- Traditional: 堅持
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 他每天早上都坚持跑步。
  Tā měitiān zǎoshang dōu jiānchí pǎobù.
  He persists in running every morning.

## Characters

- 坚 (jiān): strong; solid
- [持](https://hanziro.com/word/chi-hold/) (chí): to hold; to maintain

https://hanziro.com/word/jian-chi-persist/

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