HSK 6 · Adjectives

持久 chíjiǔ “lasting” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 持久 means

  1. lasting
  2. enduring
  3. persistent
  4. permanent
  5. protracted
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • endurance

How to say 持久

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale持chí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale久jiǔ3rd tone, dipping

持久 in a sentence

  1. 生活中绝对没有什么是持久的。

    Shēnghuó zhōng juéduì méiyǒu shénme shì chíjiǔ de.

    Nothing in life lasts forever.

    Sentence #799269 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 持久 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 持 (chí) with each of its parts in a different colour
持chíto hold
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 寺court · sìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 寺 (sì) hints at the sound. Compare it with chí.

The character 久 (jiǔ) drawn as one shape
久jiǔlong

久 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 持久

持 9 strokes · 久 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

持久 (chíjiǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 持久 (chíjiǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 持久

Words with 持

支持zhīchí · to support坚持jiānchí · to persevere with保持bǎochí · to keep持续chíxù · to continue主持zhǔchí · to host (a programme or event)维持wéichí · to maintain

Words with 久

久jiǔ · long time不久bùjiǔ · soon好久hǎojiǔ · a long time悠久yōujiǔ · long-standing

More words: Adjectives

沉重chénzhòng · heavy沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected迟钝chídùn · slow-witted迟缓chíhuǎn · slow吃力chīlì · strenuous崇高chónggāo · lofty充沛chōngpèi · abundant充实chōngshí · rich

FAQs

持久 (chíjiǔ) means “lasting” or “enduring”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chíjiǔ: chí with a 2nd tone, then jiǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 持久 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chijiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 持久 from the suggestions. Typing chijiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
持久 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.