继承
Meaning
jìchéng ji4 cheng2
- to inherit
- to succeed to (the throne etc)
- to carry on (a tradition etc)
Example sentences
- He will succeed to the throne.
Words sharing a character
- 继续 jìxù to continue
- 相继 xiāngjì in succession
- 继而 jìér then
- 继父 jìfù stepfather
- 继母 jìmǔ stepmother
- 夜以继日 yèyǐjìrì night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
- 前赴后继 qiánfùhòujì to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
- 继往开来 jìwǎngkāilái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
- 承认 chéngrèn to admit
- 承诺 chéngnuò to promise