持续 (chíxù) means Continues. Below are 7 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
气温将 持续 下降。
Qìwēn jiāng chíxù xiàjiàng.
The temperature will continue to fall.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 持续
这场雨 持续 了三天。
Zhè chǎng yǔ chíxù le sān tiān.
This rain lasted three days.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 持续
近来物价 持续 高涨。
Jìnlái wùjià chíxù gāozhǎng.
Prices have continued to climb of late.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 高涨
那场战斗 持续 了三天。
Nà chǎng zhàndòu chíxù le sān tiān.
That battle lasted three days.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 战斗
竞选活动 持续 了一个月。
Jìngxuǎn huódòng chíxù le yí ge yuè.
The election campaign lasted a month.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 竞选
掠夺资源的做法不可 持续 。
Lüèduó zīyuán de zuòfǎ bù kě chíxù.
Plundering resources is not a sustainable practice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掠夺
这次罢工 持续 了整整一个星期。
Zhè cì bà gōng chíxù le zhěngzhěng yí ge xīngqī.
This strike lasted a full week.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 罢工
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Questions about 持续
How is 持续 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 持续 (chíxù, "Continues"), 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 持续 an HSK word?
Yes — 持续 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 持续?
The dictionary page for 持续 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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