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

矜持

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

Synonyms

• (solemn):

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• 厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
• 嚴 / 严 (yán)
• 嚴厲 / 严厉 (yánlì)
• 嚴峻 / 严峻 (yánjùn)
• 嚴正 / 严正 (yánzhèng)
• 嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
• 嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
• 尊重 (zūnzhòng)
• 整肅 / 整肃 (zhěngsù)
• 正經 / 正经
• 淩厲 / 凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
• 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
• 莊 / 庄 (zhuāng)
• 莊重 / 庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)
• 鄭重 / 郑重 (zhèngzhòng)

• (reserved):

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• 侷促 (júcù)
• 拘束 (jūshù)
• 拘謹 / 拘谨 (jūjǐn)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “reserved”):

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• 瀟灑 / 潇洒 (xiāosǎ)
• 灑脫 / 洒脱 (sǎtuō)
• 自在
• 超逸 (chāoyì)

Derived terms

• 矜持不苟 (jīnchíbùgǒu)

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょーじ [kyóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːʑi]

• (Tokyo) きんじ [kíꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑi]

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)

References

• “^▲矜持”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
矜	持

Noun

矜持 • (geungji) (hangeul 긍지)

1. hanja form^? of 긍지 (“pride”)