操持

Chinese

		to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
trad. (操持)		操	持
simp. #(操持)		操	持

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāochí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ ci⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhau-chhî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāochí → cāochi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠ ㄔˊ → ㄘㄠ ˙ㄔ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caochi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao¹-chʻih⁵
    • Yale: tsāu-chr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsau.chyr
    • Palladius: цаочи (caoči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/ → /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: chōu chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau-chhî
    • Tâi-lô: tshau-tshî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhauchii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau³³ t͡sʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/

Verb

操持

1. to manage; to handle
2. to take in one's hands; to grasp; to hold; to carry

Synonyms

• (to manage):

• 備辦／备办 (Hokkien)
• 受理 (shòulǐ)
• 審理／审理 (shěnlǐ)
• 張羅／张罗
• 從事／从事 (cóngshì)
• 打理 (dǎlǐ)
• 擺劃／摆划 (bǎihua) (regional)
• 料理 (liàolǐ)
• 清理 (qīnglǐ)
• 理 (lǐ)
• 經辦／经办 (jīngbàn)
• 處分／处分 (chǔfèn) (literary)
• 處決／处决 (chǔjué)
• 處理／处理
• 處置／处置 (chǔzhì)
• 辦理／办理 (bànlǐ)

 

Noun

操持

1. moral character; personal integrity

Synonyms

• 人品 (rénpǐn)
• 人格 (réngé)
• 品德 (pǐndé)
• 品性 (pǐnxìng)
• 品格 (pǐngé)
• 品行 (pǐnxíng)
• 品質／品质 (pǐnzhì)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
• 操守 (cāoshǒu)
• 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 質地／质地 (zhìdì)
• 骨 (figurative)