持续

Character by character

• 持chí9 strokesHSK 3sustain, support; hold, grasp
• 续xù11 strokesHSK 3 traditional 續continue, carry on; succeed

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 持续. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 继续jì xùHSK 3

  to continue; to proceed with; to go on with

• 支持zhī chíHSK 3

  to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by

• 保持bǎo chíHSK 3

  to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve

• 坚持jiān chíHSK 3

  to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on

• 连续lián xùHSK 3

  continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive

• 维持wéi chíHSK 4

  to keep; to maintain; to preserve

• 主持人zhǔ chí rénHSK 6

  TV or radio presenter; host; anchor

• 主持zhǔ chíHSK 3

  to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor

• 持chíHSK 7

  to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control

• 持有chí yǒuHSK 6

  to hold (passport, views etc)

• 手续shǒu xùHSK 3

  procedure; formalities

• 延续yán xùHSK 4

  to continue; to go on; to last

• 续xùHSK 7

  to continue; to replenish

• 持久chí jiǔHSK 7

  lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long

• 劫持jié chíHSK 7

  to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct; to hold under duress

• 扶持fú chíHSK 7

  to help; to assist

• 后续hòu xùHSK 7

  follow-up; (dialect) to remarry

• 陆续lù xùHSK 4

  in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit

• 连续剧lián xù jùHSK 3

  serialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts

• 坚持不懈jiān chí bù xièHSK 7

  to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end

• 挟持xié chíHSK 7

  to seize

• 手续费shǒu xù fèiHSK 6

  service charge; processing fee; commission

• 断断续续duàn duàn xù xùHSK 7

  intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate

• 持之以恒chí zhī yǐ héngHSK 7

  to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere