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)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīnchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄔˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinchy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ ci⁴
  - Yale: gīng chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ qi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Adjective

矜持

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

Derived terms

矜持不苟

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

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

Kan’yōyomi
- (Tokyo) きんじ [kíꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

矜持 (hiragana きょうじ, rōmaji kyōji, historical hiragana きようぢ) (alternative reading hiragana きんじ, romaji kinji, historical hiragana きんぢ)

pride; self-confidence

Synonyms

プライド (puraido)
自 (じ)負 (ふ) (jifu)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN