持 chí

1. chí verb to grasp; to hold
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 拿着 (CCD '持' 1; FE '持' 1; Guoyu '持' v 1; Kroll 2015 '持' 1, p. 51; Unihan '持')
2. chí verb to resist; to oppose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 对抗 (CCD '持' 5; Guoyu '持' v 3; Kroll 2015 '持' 6, p. 51)
3. chí verb to uphold
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 支持 (Guoyu '持' v 4; Kroll 2015 '持' 1a, p. 51)
4. chí verb to sustain; to keep; to uphold
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '持' 2; FE '持' 2; Guoyu '持' v 2; Kroll 2015 '持' 2, p. 51;Unihan '持')
5. chí verb to administer; to manage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 主管 (CCD '持' 3; FE '持' 3; Guoyu '持' v 6; Kroll 2015 '持' 3, p. 51)
6. chí verb to control
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 控制 (CCD '持' 4; Kroll 2015 '持' 4, p. 51)
7. chí verb to be cautious
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '持' 4a, p. 51)
8. chí verb to remember
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '持' 5, p. 51)
9. chí verb to assist
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '持' v 5)
10. chí verb with; using
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a pre-verb (Kroll 2015 '持' 7, p. 51)
11. chí noun dhara
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhara; for example, in 金剛持 vajradhara, a type of tantric deity (BCSD '持', p. 544; MW 'dhara; SH '持', p. 302)

Contained in

• 一切如来加持(一切如來加持) empowerment of All the Tathagatas
• 作持 exhortative observance
• 执持(執持) to hold firmly; grasp; dharana
• 大毘卢遮那成佛神变加持经莲华胎藏悲生曼荼罗广大成就仪轨(大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經蓮華胎藏悲生曼荼羅廣大成就儀軌) Vairocana Sutra Lotus Platform Matrix Assembly Compassion Mandala Attainment Ritual Manual
• 持心梵天经(持心梵天經) Brahmaviśeṣacintīparipṛcchā
• 着衣持钵(著衣持鉢) took his bowl and robe
• 大毘卢遮那成佛神变加持经略示七支念诵随行法(大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經略示七支念誦隨行法) Vairocana Sutra Seven Branches Short Liturgy; Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Lue Shi Qi Zhi Niansong Suixing Fa
• 持梨哆阿罗哆(持梨哆阿囉哆) Dhrtarastra; Dhṛtarāṣṭra; Dhataraṭṭha; Deva King of the East
• 一切如来乌瑟腻沙最胜总持经(一切如來烏瑟膩沙最勝總持經) Sarvadurgatipariśodhanauṣṇīṣavijayadhāraṇī; Yiqie Rulai Wu Se Ni Sha Zui Sheng Zong Chi Jing
• 加持 to bless ; to empower; to confer strength on; to aid
• 决总持经(決總持經) Jue Zong Chi Jing
• 圣大总持王经(聖大總持王經) Mahādhāraṇīsūtra; Sheng Da Zong Chi Wang Jing
• 佛光三昧修持法 Buddha’s Light Samadhi Practice
• 亲自作加持(親自作加持) to empower oneself as
• 六菩萨亦当诵持经(六菩薩亦當誦持經) Liu Pusa Yi Dang Song Chi Jing
• 受戒容易持戒难(受戒容易持戒難) taking the precepts is easy, observing them is hard
• 一佛出世，千佛护持(一佛出世，千佛護持) the birth of one buddha is made possible by thousand(s) of other buddhas
• 十种力持(十種力持) ten types of support of power
• 愚童持斋心(愚童持齋心) to maintain abstinence with the virtue of a child
• 总持王菩萨(總持王菩薩) Dharani King Bodhisattva
• 领持(領持) Krakucchanda
• 副总住持(副總住持) 1. Deputy Head Abbot (male); 2. Deputy Head Abbess (female)
• 微密持经(微密持經) Scripture of the Sublime Grasp; Wei Mi Chi Jing
• 慧持 Huichi
• 从昔已来曾持呪法(從昔已來曾持呪法) from previous lives have maintained the mantra teachings
• 持业(持業) karmadhāraya
• 出生无量门持经(出生無量門持經) Anantamukhasādhakadhāraṇī; Chusheng Wuliang Men Chi Jing
• 总住持(總住持) 1. Head Abbot (male); 2. Head Abbess (female)
• 持人菩萨经(持人菩薩經) Lokadharaparipṛcchā; Chi Ren Pusa Jing
• 护持(護持) to protect and uphold ; Protect and Support ; to protect; rakṣā
• 佛说如意宝总持王经(佛說如意寶總持王經) Hiraṇyavatīdhāraṇīsūtra; Fo Shuo Ruyi Bao Zong Chi Wang Jing
• 摄持一切菩提道戒(攝持一切菩提道戒) all inclusive bodhi path precepts
• 佛光山住持 Head Abbot of Fo Guang Shan Monastery
• 所持 adhisthana; empowerment
• 奉持 to practice; to uphold; to keep; to maintain; to preserve ; bear in mind; to preserve
• 请新住持(請新住持) appointing a new abbot
• 不捉持金银戒(不捉持金銀戒) a precept against carrying money
• 求闻持轨(求聞持軌) Having Requests Heard Ritual
• 持明王 Vidyaraja; Wisdom King

Also contained in

持之以恒 、 危而不持 、 持重 、 坚持己论 、 相持 、 料持 、 持枪抢劫 、 持平之论 、 支持 、 支持者 、 持不同政见 、 相持不下

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 211
• Scroll 2 Māyājālamahātantra (Fo Shuo Yujia Da Jiao Wang Jing) 佛說瑜伽大教王經 — count: 171 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 161
• Scroll 5 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 146
• Scroll 29 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 135
• Scroll 8 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 132
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 125
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 115
• Scroll 58 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 105
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 97

Collocations

• 持钵 (持缽) 法服持鉢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 持风 (持風) 二名持風 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 6
• 比丘持 (比丘持) 比丘持是七法 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 法服持 (法服持) 法服持鉢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 持财宝 (持財寶) 又如人多持財寶 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 4
• 擎持 (擎持) 擎持幡蓋 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 持经戒 (持經戒) 佛去亦當持經戒 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 持幡盖 (持幡蓋) 擎持幡蓋 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 持佛经 (持佛經) 持佛經戒 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 持想来 (持想來) 彼持想來 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 3