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):

Synonyms of 矜持

尊重 (zūnzhòng)
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)
整肅／整肃 (zhěngsù)
正經／正经 (zhèngjīng)
淩厲／凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
莊重／庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)
鄭重／郑重 (zhèngzhòng)

(reserved):

侷促 (júcù)
拘束 (jūshù)

拘謹／拘谨 (jūjǐn)

Antonyms

(reserved):

自在 (zìzài)
超逸 (chāoyì)

瀟灑／潇洒 (xiāosǎ)
灑脫／洒脱 (sǎtuō)

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

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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