持续(chí xù): to continue
to continue
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 持续 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 持续 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
物价持续上涨。
wù jià chí xù shàng zhǎng
Prices continued to rise.
那持续了多久了？
nà chí xù le duō jiǔ le
How long has it been going on?
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