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): ㄐㄧㄣㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ ci⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄔˊ
  - 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

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

Synonyms

(solemn):

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):

侷促 (júcù)
拘束 (jūshù)
拘謹／拘谨 (jūjǐn)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “reserved”):

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 Hyōgaiji	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
矜	持
きん Hyōgaiji	じ Grade: 3
kan’yōon

Alternative forms

矜恃

Pronunciation

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

(Tokyo) きんじ [kíꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[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)

pride; self-confidence

Synonyms

プライド (puraido)
自(じ)負(ふ) (jifu)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
矜	持

Noun

矜持 • (geungji) (hangeul 긍지)

Hanja form^? of 긍지 (“pride”).

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