Sustain in Chinese
to sustain · HSK 5
持续
- 持 to hold
- 续 to continue
大雨持续了三天。 The heavy rain lasted for three days.
Other ways to say sustain
More words with 持 or 续
How do you say sustain in Chinese?
Sustain in Chinese is 持续 (chí xù). You can also say 遭受 (zāo shòu), 支持 (zhī chí), 支撑 (zhī chēng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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