秉持

秉持

Chinese

		to grasp; hold; maintain	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
trad. (秉持)		秉	持
simp. #(秉持)		秉	持

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐngchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² ci⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): péng-chhî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngchíh
    • Wade–Giles: ping³-chʻih²
    • Yale: bǐng-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingchyr
    • Palladius: бинчи (binči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing² ci⁴
    • Yale: bíng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing² tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing² qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng-chhî
    • Tâi-lô: píng-tshî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefngchii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²³/

Verb

秉持

1. to adhere to (principles, etc.); to hold onto