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Definition 2024

自持

自持

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
simp. and trad. (自持)		自	持

Adjective

自持

self-sustaining

Verb

自持

to exercise self-restraint

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zìchí

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ ci⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chū-chhî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zìchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄔˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhchyr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ ci⁴
  - Yale: jih chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ tsi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡sʰiː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-chhî
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-tshî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxchii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi²³/