持

HSK 7-9

chí

hold; maintain; detain

to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control

我要拿住这个瓶子。

Wǒ yào ná zhù zhè ge píngzi.

I must hold this bottle.

他坚持住了自己的诺言。

Tā jiānchí zhù le zìjǐ de nuòyán.

He upheld his promise.