粵

堅gin1持ci4

simp坚持
gin1 ci4jiān chí

English

  1. to persevere with
  2. to persist in
  3. to insist on
  4. to persist in; to persevere in; to uphold

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對一個諗法或者一件事始終如一,唔會輕易放棄或者屈服

Examples

  • 佢哋堅持叫佢扯。

    They insist that he should go.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 佢冇打算畀佢揸架車,但係佢堅持到佢終於放棄。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 堅持自己嘅信念係好重要,但我覺得有時要彎曲自己嘅想法去適應其他人嘅想法亦都好重要。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

  • Katya否認咗曾經係無政府主義者,堅持佢淨係諗住為政治制度帶嚟改變,而唔係想摧毀佢。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 唔好再扮其他人,只係為咗吸引人嚟你嘅生活。 啱嘅人會鍾意你嘅樣,而其他人無論如何都唔會堅持你。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 即使進化論已經喺研究入面得到證明,但係有啲人仍然堅持住啲令人厭倦嘅解釋,呢啲解釋係神話多過科學。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 佢堅持原則,人哋點講都唔會動搖到佢。

    She sticks to her principles, no matter what others say.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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