僵持

Chinese

		rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
trad. (僵持)		僵	持
simp. #(僵持)		僵	持

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāngchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goeng¹ ci⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiong-chhî / kiang-chhî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giang¹ ti⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangchíh
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-chʻih²
    • Yale: jyāng-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangchyr
    • Palladius: цзянчи (czjanči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goeng¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: gēung chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goeng¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêng¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-chhî
    • Tâi-lô: kiong-tshî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongchii
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ t͡sʰi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiang-chhî
    • Tâi-lô: kiang-tshî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiangchii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giang¹ ti⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiang thî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰi⁵⁵/

Verb

僵持

1. to refuse to budge (of two parties); to be locked in a stalemate; to be in a standoff; to be deadlocked

Synonyms

• 相持 (xiāngchí)

Derived terms

• 僵持不下 (jiāngchíbùxià)