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秉持

秉持

Chinese

		to grasp; hold; maintain	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
simp. and trad. (秉持)		秉	持

Verb

秉持

to adhere to (principles, etc.); to hold onto

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bǐngchí

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² ci⁴
Min Nan (POJ): péng-chhî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǐngchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingchyr
  - IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing² ci⁴
  - Yale: bíng chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing² tsi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng-chhî
  - Tâi-lô: píng-tshî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pefngchii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²³/