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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: gīng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 矜持

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
矜	持
きょう Hyōgai	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
矜	持
きん Hyōgai	じ Grade: 3
kan'yōon

Alternative forms

• 矜恃

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)