| 持续性植物人状态 | chí xù xìng zhí wù rén zhuàng tài | persistent vegetative state |
| 持续性植物状态 | chí xù xìng zhí wù zhuàng tài | persistent vegetative state (medicine) |
| 持续时间 | chí xù shí jiān | duration |
| 持重 | chí zhòng | prudent; cautious; to be in charge of ritual ceremonies; to hold an important office |
| 挟持雇主 | xié chí gù zhǔ | gherao (from Hindi, SE Asian method of protest) |
| 操持 | cāo chi | to manage; to handle |
| 支持度 | zhī chí dù | degree of support; percentage of vote |
| 支持率 | zhī chí lǜ | support level; popularity rating |
| 支持者 | zhī chí zhě | supporter |
| 料持 | liào chí | to arrange; to manage; to attend to; to take care of; to look after (the cooking) |
| 旷日持久 | kuàng rì chí jiǔ | protracted (idiom); long drawn-out |
| 核僵持 | hé jiāng chí | nuclear equipoise; nuclear stalemate |
牡丹虽好，
全仗绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo ,
quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
牡丹虽好，
全凭绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo ,
quán píng lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
牡丹虽好，
终须绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo ,
zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| 相持不下 | xiāng chí bù xià | at a stalemate; deadlocked; in unrelenting mutual opposition |
| 秉持 | bǐng chí | to uphold; to hold fast to |
| 维持原判 | wéi chí yuán pàn | to affirm the original sentence (law) |
| 维持生活 | wéi chí shēng huó | to make a living; to subsist (medicine) |
| 维持费 | wéi chí fèi | maintenance costs |
| 老成持重 | lǎo chéng chí zhòng | old and wise; experienced and knowledgeable |
| 胁持 | xié chí | to hold under duress |
| 迦持 | jiā chí | the laws of the Buddhism |
| 金刚总持 | Jīn gāng zǒng chí | Vajradhara |
