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持久

chí jiǔ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

持久 (chí jiǔ) means "lasting, enduring". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 持久 means

1. lasting
2. enduring
3. persistent
4. permanent
5. protracted
6. endurance
7. persistence
8. to last long

The characters in 持久

• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 久jiǔ(of a period of time) long

Example sentences

• 生活中绝对没有什么是持久的。
  Shēnghuó zhōng juéduì méiyǒushénme shì chíjiǔ de.
  Absolutely nothing is permanent in life.
• 生活中绝对没有什幺是持久的。
  Absolutely nothing is permanent in life.
• 没有任何娱乐像阅读这般廉价，也没有任何愉悦像阅读这般持久。
  Méiyǒu rènhé yúlè xiàng yuèdú zhèbān liánjià, yě méiyǒu rènhé yúyuè xiàng yuèdú zhèbān chíjiǔ.
  No hobby is as cheap as reading, nor provides such long lasting enjoyment.
• 那些追求和平和安全的人们，我们支持你们。那些所有怀疑美国的灯塔能否能像以前一样明亮的人们，今天晚上我们再次证明，我们国家真正的力量并非来自我们武器的威力或财富的规模，而是来自我们理想的持久力量：民主、 自由、机会、不屈服的希望。
  Nàxiē zhuīqiú hépíng hé ānquán de rénmen, wǒmen zhīchí nǐmen. nàxiē suǒyǒu huáiyí Měiguó de dēngtǎ néngfǒu néng xiàng yǐqián yīyàng míngliàng de rénmen, jīntiān wǎnshang wǒmen zàicì zhèngmíng, wǒmen guójiā zhēnzhèng de lìliang bìngfēi láizì wǒmen wǔqì de wēilì huò cáifù de guīmó, érshì láizì wǒmen lǐxiǎng de chíjiǔ lìliang: mínzhǔ, zìyóu, jīhuì, bù qūfú de xīwàng.
  To those who seek peace and security. We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright, tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.

Words starting with 持久

• 持久战chí jiǔ zhànprolonged war; war of attrition
• 持久性毒剂chí jiǔ xìng dú jìpersistent agent

Words containing 持久

• 旷日持久kuàng rì chí jiǔprotracted (idiom); long and drawn-out

Where 持久 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chì–chōu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chí jiǔ correctly.
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