坚持

Traditional form:

堅持

Pinyin (reading):

jiānchí

Definitions:

• to persevere with
• to persist in
• to insist on

Characters:

• 坚 - hard, strong; firm, resolute
• 持 - to hold, to support, to sustain

Traditional characters:

• 堅 - hard, strong; firm, resolute
• 持 - to hold, to support, to sustain