to continue; to go on with; to follow after

HSK 4 #655

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 655th character
Radical ⽷ (120.7)
Strokes 10
Index # 2153
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

继 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

Stroke order

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Words containing 继

Word Meaning
to continue; to go on with; to proceed with
to inherit; to carry on (a tradition etc)
stepfather
heir; successor
stepmother
to succeed sb in a job; successor
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
stepson
right of inheritance
relay station
in succession; following closely
then; afterwards
to succeed to the throne
relay (electronics)
to adopt
to relay; to repeat
to inherit; adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son)
to charge forward one after another
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
repeater
to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
second wife (of a widower)
forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
second wife (of a widower)
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