| chí | to hold/to grasp/to support/to maintain/to persevere/to manage/to run (i.e. administer)/to control |
| 持 | to hold to grasp to support |
| 持不同政见 | (politically) dissenting dissident |
| 持不同政见者 | (political) dissident |
| 持久 | lasting enduring persistent |
| 持久力 | endurance strength; staying power; stamina |
| 持久性 | constancy; persistance; perdurability; staying quality; durability; persistency; permanence; endurance |
| 持久性毒剂 | persistent agent |
| 持久性毒气 | persistent war gas |
| 持久性的 | persistent; permanent |
| 持久战 | prolonged war war of attrition |
| 持之以恒 | to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere |
| 持之有故 | a well-founded view or opinion |
| 持之有效 | a well-founded view or opinion |
| 持仓 | position |
| 持保留态度 | to have reservations |
| 持保留意见 | to have reservations; to reserve one's views |
| 持刀 | to hold a knife knife-wielding |
| 持卡人 | cardholder |
| 持卡族 | card holders; card users |
| 持国天 | Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings) |