坚持 (jiānchí) means Continue (insist on). Below are 18 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 坚持 每天跑步。
Tā jiānchí měi tiān pǎo bù.
He keeps up his daily running.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 坚持
学习汉语要 坚持 下去。
Xuéxí Hànyǔ yào jiānchí xiàqù.
Studying Chinese means sticking with it.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 坚持
关键是要 坚持 下去。
Guānjiàn shì yào jiānchí xiàqù.
The key is to keep at it.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 关键
他的 坚持 让人钦佩。
Tā de jiānchí ràng rén qīnpèi.
His persistence commands admiration.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钦佩
只要 坚持 就会有进步。
Zhǐyào jiānchí jiù huì yǒu jìnbù.
As long as you keep at it there will be progress.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 进步
他靠毅力 坚持 了下来。
Tā kào yìlì jiānchí le xiàlái.
He held on through sheer willpower.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毅力
医生建议母亲 坚持 哺乳。
Yīshēng jiànyì mǔqīn jiānchí bǔrǔ.
The doctor advised the mother to keep breastfeeding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哺乳
他忍受着病痛 坚持 工作。
Tā rěnshòuzhe bìngtòng jiānchí gōngzuò.
He kept working while enduring the pain of illness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忍受
他顽强地 坚持 到了最后。
Tā wánqiáng de jiānchí dào le zuìhòu.
He held on tenaciously to the very end.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 顽强
无论多难，他都 坚持 下去。
Wúlùn duō nán, tā dōu jiānchí xiàqù.
However hard it is, he keeps going.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 无论
良好的习惯需要持久的 坚持 。
Liánghǎo de xíguàn xūyào chíjiǔ de jiānchí.
Good habits require sustained persistence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 持久
他倔强地 坚持 了自己的选择。
Tā juéjiàng de jiānchí le zìjǐ de xuǎnzé.
He stubbornly stuck to his own choice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 倔强
天赋固然重要， 坚持 更重要。
Tiānfù gùrán zhòngyào, jiānchí gèng zhòngyào.
Talent matters, of course, but persistence matters more.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 天赋
他相信只要 坚持 就会苦尽甘来。
Tā xiāngxìn zhǐyào jiānchí jiù huì kǔjìngānlái.
He believes that if he perseveres the bitterness will give way to sweetness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苦尽甘来
他能 坚持 这么多年，实在难能可贵。
Tā néng jiānchí zhème duō nián, shízài nánnéngkěguì.
That he has kept it up for so many years is truly commendable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 难能可贵
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From the graded readers
我以为自己可以 坚持 下去。
wǒ yǐwéi zìjǐ kěyǐ jiānchí xiàqu.
I thought I could keep it up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
朋友说我 坚持 不了一个星期。
péngyou shuō wǒ jiānchí bùliǎo yīgè xīngqī.
A friend said I wouldn't keep it up for a week.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
Questions about 坚持
How is 坚持 used in a sentence?
This page shows 18 sentences using 坚持 (jiānchí, "Continue (insist on)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 坚持 an HSK word?
Yes — 坚持 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 坚持?
The dictionary page for 坚持 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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