持守

Chinese

		to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain	to guard
trad. (持守)		持	守
simp. #(持守)		持	守

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chíshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chíshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-shou³
    • Yale: chŕ-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrshoou
    • Palladius: чишоу (čišou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ sau²
    • Yale: chìh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci² su³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹ su³¹/

Verb

持守

1. (literary) to inherit and maintain the achievements of one's predecessors
2. (literary) to uphold one's integrity

Synonyms

• (to inherit and maintain the achievement's of one's predecessors): 守成 (shǒuchéng)

Noun

持守

1. (literary) personal integrity

Synonyms

• 人品 (rénpǐn)
• 人格 (réngé)
• 品德 (pǐndé)
• 品性 (pǐnxìng)
• 品格 (pǐngé)
• 品行 (pǐnxíng)
• 品質／品质 (pǐnzhì)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 操守 (cāoshǒu)
• 操持 (cāochí)
• 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 質地／质地 (zhìdì)
• 骨 (figurative)