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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 持之以恒
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 持之以恒 | chí zhī yǐ héng | - to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 38,228 | 19,923 | 11,621 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 持 | chí | - to hold - to grasp - to support - to maintain - to persevere - to manage - to run (i.e. administer) - to control |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 以 | yǐ | - abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4] |
| 以 | yǐ | - to use - by means of - according to - in order to - because of - at (a certain date or place) |
| 以 | yǐ | - old variant of 以[yi3] |
| 以 | yǐ | - old variant of 以[yi3] |
| 恒 | héng | - variant of 恆|恒[heng2] |
| 恒 | héng | - surname Heng |
| 恒 | héng | - permanent - constant - fixed - usual - ordinary - rule (old) - one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟) |
Other Words Containing 持之以恒
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 持之以恒 | - | 9 | 38,228 | 19,923 | 11,621 |