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Definition 2024

相持

相持

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
simp. and trad. (相持)		相	持

Verb

相持

to be locked in a stalemate

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāngchí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ ci⁴
Min Nan (POJ): siong-chhî / siang-chhî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāngchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄔˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangchyr
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ ci⁴
  - Yale: sēung chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ tsi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-chhî
  - Tâi-lô: siong-tshî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongchii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ³³ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-chhî
  - Tâi-lô: siang-tshî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangchii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi¹³/