僵持 [－－]

Jyutping goeng1 ci4
Pinyin jiāng chí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be deadlocked
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    雙方​唔​肯​改變​自己​嘅​立​場
    (of both parties) to refuse to budge
    • 僵持不下
      僵持不下
      goeng1 ci4 bat1 haa6
      to lock others in a stalemate
    • 佢哋僵持咗好耐，大家都唔肯讓步。
      佢哋僵持咗好耐，大家都唔肯让步。
      keoi5 dei6 goeng1 ci4 zo2 hou2 noi6, daai6 gaa3 dou1 m4 hang2 joeng6 bou6.
      Both parties refuse to budge and have been in a deadlock for a long time.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to refuse to budge (of two parties); to be locked in a stalemate; to be in a standoff; to be deadlocked
    (syn.) 相持
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    虽然现时佢哋未能够从压迫佢哋嘅国家分离，但系由对抗、僵持而生嘅国族独立意识日渐成熟。
    雖然現時佢哋未能夠從壓迫佢哋嘅國家分離，但係由對抗、僵持而生嘅國族獨立意識日漸成熟。
    seoi1 jin4 jin6 si4 keoi5 dei6 mei6 nang4 gau3 cung4 aak3 bik1 keoi5 dei6 ge3 gwok3 gaa1 fan1 lei4, daan6 hai6 jau4 deoi3 kong3, goeng1 ci4 ji4 sang1 ge3 gwok3 zuk6 duk6 laap6 ji3 sik1 jat6 zim6 sing4 suk6.
    • Although they couldn't separate from the country that was compressing on them by now, a sense of independence has risen from the process of confrontation and is becoming mature gradually.
  2. Cantonese
    僵持不下
    僵持不下
    goeng1 ci4 bat1 haa6
    • to lock others in a stalemate
  3. Cantonese
    佢哋僵持咗好耐，大家都唔肯让步。
    佢哋僵持咗好耐，大家都唔肯讓步。
    keoi5 dei6 goeng1 ci4 zo2 hou2 noi6, daai6 gaa3 dou1 m4 hang2 joeng6 bou6.
    • Both parties refuse to budge and have been in a deadlock for a long time.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    僵持
    僵持
    jiāng chí
    • to be locked in a stalemate
  2. Mandarin
    双方各持己见，僵持不下。
    雙方各持己見，僵持不下。
    shuāng fāng gè chí jǐ jiàn ， jiāng chí bù xià ．
    • Both sides stuck to their opinion and remained deadlocked.