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支持

zhī chí

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个

支持 (zhī chí) means "to be in favor of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 支持 means

1. to be in favor of
2. to support
3. to back
4. support
5. backing
6. to stand by

The characters in 支持

• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect
• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support

Example sentences

• 我支持你。
  I'm on your side.
• 没人支持她。
  Nobody supported her.
• 他总是支持她。
  He always takes sides with her.
• 我假装支持他。
  I made believe that I supported him.
• 民主支持自由。
  Democracy encourages freedom.
• 我支持政治改革。
  I support political reform.

Words starting with 支持

• 支持者zhī chí zhěsupporter
• 支持率zhī chí lǜsupport level; popularity rating
• 支持度zhī chí dùlevel of support

Where 支持 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Attitudes & opinions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhī chí correctly.
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