秉 bǐng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 彐 snout
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
秉持
bǐngchí
to uphold; to maintain
Characters in this word
持 chí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 寺 court, office
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 法官必须秉持中立立场，不能让媒体情绪左右证据判断。 Fǎguān bìxū bǐngchí zhōnglì lìchǎng, bù néng ràng méitǐ qíngxù zuǒyòu zhèngjù pànduàn. A judge must maintain a neutral position and cannot let media sentiment sway evidential judgement.
- 无论遇到什么困难，她都秉持诚实的态度。 Wúlùn yùdào shénme kùnnan, tā dōu bǐngchí chéngshí de tàidù. Whatever difficulties she meets, she holds to an honest attitude.
- 我们秉持互相尊重的原则，慢慢解决了分歧。 Wǒmen bǐngchí hùxiāng zūnzhòng de yuánzé, mànmàn jiějué le fēnqí. We kept to the principle of mutual respect and gradually resolved our differences.
Related words
- 秉承 bǐngchéng to inherit and carry on; to uphold
- 保持 bǎochí to keep; to maintain
- 持续 chíxù to continue; to last
- 坚持 jiānchí to keep going; to persist
- 支持 zhīchí to support
- 主持 zhǔchí to host; to lead
- 维持 wéichí to maintain; to keep
- 持久 chíjiǔ lasting, enduring
- 持有 chíyǒu to hold, to possess
- 持 chí to hold; to maintain; to support
- 持平 chípíng to remain level; to be on a par with
- 持之以恒 chízhīyǐhéng to persevere; with sustained effort