矜持

矜持

Chinese

		boast; esteem; sympathize	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
trad. (矜持)		矜	持
simp. #(矜持)		矜	持

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinchíh
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-chʻih²
    • Yale: jīn-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinchyr
    • Palladius: цзиньчи (czinʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: gīng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Adjective

矜持

1. solemn; grave
2. (usually of young girls) reserved; restrained; modest; undemonstrative; shy; diffident

Synonyms

• (solemn):

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Synonyms of 矜持

尊重 (zūnzhòng) 厲害／厉害 (lìhài) 嚴／严 (yán) 嚴厲／严厉 (yánlì) 嚴峻／严峻 (yánjùn) 嚴正／严正 (yánzhèng) 嚴肅／严肃 (yánsù)

嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù) 整肅／整肃 (zhěngsù) 正經／正经 (zhèngjīng) 淩厲／凌厉 (línglì) (literary) 莊重／庄重 (zhuāngzhòng) 鄭重／郑重 (zhèngzhòng)

• (reserved):

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侷促 (júcù) 拘束 (jūshù)

拘謹／拘谨 (jūjǐn)

Antonyms

• (reserved):

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自在 (zìzài) 超逸 (chāoyì)

瀟灑／潇洒 (xiāosǎ) 灑脫／洒脱 (sǎtuō)

Derived terms

矜持不苟 (jīnchíbùgǒu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
矜	持
きょう Hyōgaiji	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
矜	持
きん Hyōgaiji	じ Grade: 3
kan’yōon

Alternative forms

• 矜恃

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) きょ​ーじ [kyóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːʑi]

• Kan’yōyomi
• (Tokyo) き​んじ [kíꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩn(d͡)ʑi]

Noun

矜(きょう)持(じ) • (kyōji) ^{←きようぢ (kyoudi)?} (alternative reading hiragana きんじ, rōmaji kinji, historical hiragana きんぢ)

1. pride; self-confidence

Synonyms

• プライド (puraido)
• 自(じ)負(ふ) (jifu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN