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Meaning of 继

Pinyin jì

Radical

纟

Strokes

Definition

to continue / to follow after / then / afterwards / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit

Usage

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继 jì 【动】 1. 连续，接着 ([En.] continue; follow) - 例如: 继继 (前后相继，接续不断) / 继踪 (继续前人所做的事) / 继踵 (步履前后相接。指相传不绝) / 继志 (继续前辈的志意) 2. 继承 ([En.] succeed; inherit) - 例如: 继世 (儿继承父的地位) / 继轨 (承继祖业) / 继体 (继承王位) / 继绪 (继承祖业; 传祚无穷) 3. 接济 ([En.] give material or financial help to) - 例如: 继褰 (接济缩减) 4. 通过正式合法手续，将别人孩子自愿地代替或作为自己的孩子 ([En.] adopt) - 例如: 继子 5. 随后; 跟着 ([En.] follow) - 例如: 继而 6. 通“系”。挂，拴缚; 系念 ([En.] tie up; miss) - 例如: 继念 (系念) / 继绊 (系绊，束缚牵制) / 继缠 (系缠，纠缠) 【名】 1. 子孙后代 ([En.] offspring) - 例如: 有无肠之国无继子 (《山海经·大荒北经》) / 赵主之子孙侯者，其继有在者乎? (《战国策》) 2. 后援 ([En.] backing; reinforcement; backup force) - 例如: 围之不继 (《左传·僖公三十三年》)

继嗣 jì sì

to continue / to continue a family line / posterity / heir

遗嘱继承 yí zhǔ jì chéng

testamentary succession

继承人 jì chéng rén

heir / successor

继承 jì chéng

to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc)

继承权 jì chéng quán

right of inheritance

继承者 jì chéng zhě

successor

继母 jì mǔ

stepmother

相继 xiāng jì

in succession / following closely

前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì

one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave

继续 jì xù

to continue / to proceed with / to go on with

继位 jì wèi

to succeed to the throne

继而 jì ér

then / afterwards

继任 jì rèn

to succeed sb in a job / successor

继发性 jì fā xìng

secondary

继发 jì fā

secondary

继电器 jì diàn qì

relay (electronics)

继之 jì zhī

Following it

继父 jì fù

stepfather

继往开来 jì wǎng kāi lái

to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages

继任者 jì rèn zhě

successor

夜以继日 yè yǐ jì rì

night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort

过继 guò jì

to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)

后继乏人 hòu jì fá rén

see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]

前赴后继 qián fù hòu jì

to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)