坚持jiān chíto persevere with

1. 1.

   to persevere withverb

2. 2.

   to persist inverb

3. 3.

   to insist onverb

• 坚firm
• 持to maintain

坚持 can take a verb for what you keep doing, and 坚持要 marks what you insist on.

1. HSK 3

   中文很难，可是我要坚持学习。

   Zhōngwén hěn nán, kěshì wǒ yào jiānchí xuéxí.

   Chinese is difficult, but I will persevere with studying.

2. HSK 3

   我一直坚持跑步。

   Wǒ yìzhí jiānchí pǎobù.

   I persist in running.

3. HSK 1

   妈妈坚持要我去学校。

   Māma jiānchí yào wǒ qù xuéxiào.

   Mom insists that I go to school.

4. HSK 2

   我的朋友坚持要走。

   Wǒ de péngyou jiānchí yào zǒu.

   My friend insists on leaving.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   中文很难，你还要坚持学习吗？

   Zhōngwén hěn nán, nǐ hái yào jiānchí xuéxí ma?

   Chinese is difficult. Are you still going to persevere with studying?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   明天还有课，所以我要坚持学习。

   Míngtiān hái yǒu kè, suǒyǐ wǒ yào jiānchí xuéxí.

   There is still class tomorrow, so I will persevere with studying.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   你为什么要坚持？

   Nǐ wèishénme yào jiānchí?

   Why are you going to persevere?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   因为我喜欢中文，我要坚持很多年。

   Yīnwèi wǒ xǐhuan Zhōngwén, wǒ yào jiānchí hěn duō nián.

   Because I like Chinese, I will persevere for many years.

1. 1.Fill in the blank: 中文很难，可是我要___学习。(Chinese is difficult, but I will persevere with studying.)

   A坚持B喜欢C看见
2. 2.Which sentence means "My friend insists on leaving"?

   A我的朋友坚持要走。B我的朋友在家。C我的朋友很高兴。
3. 3.Fill in the blank: 我一直___跑步。(I persist in running.)

   A坚持B遇到C离开

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• 工作gōng zuòto workHSK 1
• 继续jì xùto continue; to proceed with; to go on withHSK 4
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask forHSK 1
• 难nándifficultHSK 3
• 还是hái shior (in questions; offering a choice)HSK 2
• 跑pǎoto runHSK 2

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