坚持
Pinyin: jiān chí
to persist
Example sentence
坚持锻炼对身体好。
Jiānchí duànliàn duì shēntǐ hǎo.
Sticking with exercise is good for you.
What 坚持 means
坚持 (jiān chí) is a Chinese word meaning “to persist”. It belongs to the Work, Study & Feelings topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.