to continue; to go on with; to follow after

Character data

Radical ⽷ (120.14)
Strokes 20
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

繼 jì
  1. 1. to continue
  2. 2. to go on with
  3. 3. to follow after
  4. 4. to inherit
  5. 5. to succeed
  6. 6. then
  7. 7. afterwards

Words containing 繼

Word Meaning
stepson
stepchildren; adopted children
second wife (of a widower)
forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
afterwards; later
to inherit; to carry on (a tradition etc)
heir; successor
right of inheritance
successor
to follow in sb's steps; to take up sb's mantle
to follow in the steps of one's predecessor
stepmother
stepfather
step-parents
to succeed on the throne
to continue; to go on with; to proceed with
then; afterwards
stepfamily; (old) stepmother; to marry
to follow in the steps of
to inherit; to succeed; (literary) to carry on
second wife (of a widower)
relay (electronics)
lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom)
frame relay (telecommunications)
to adopt