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堅持

堅持

See also: 坚持

Chinese

 
strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
 
to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
trad. (堅持)
simp. (坚持)

Verb

堅持

  1. to insist on; to persist with; to keep on doing something
    需要進一步堅持自己想法 [MSC, trad.]
    需要进一步坚持自己想法 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ xūyào jìnyībù jiānchí zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ. [Pinyin]
    You need to assert yourself more.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

堅持 (hiragana けんじ, romaji kenji)

  1. insist, persistence, tenacity, adherence

Synonyms

Verb

堅持する (hiragana けんじする, romaji kenji suru)

  1. insist, persist

Conjugation