繼 (jì)
to continue; to succeed; to inherit
How 繼 is written
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 糹 — silk
- Traditional
- 繼
- Simplified
- 继
Components
- 糹 silk
- ㇗ N/A
- 一 one
Common words using 繼
- 繼續 jìxù
- to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- 中繼 zhōngjì
- to relay; to repeat
- 前仆後繼 qiánpūhòujì
- one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades; advancing wave upon wave
- 前赴後繼 qiánfùhòujì
- to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
- 夜以繼日 yèyǐjìrì
- night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
- 後繼乏人 hòujìfárén
- see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]
- 後繼無人 hòujìwúrén
- to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
- 承繼 chéngjì
- adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son); to inherit
- 相繼 xiāngjì
- in succession; following closely
- 繼任 jìrèn
- succeed sb in a job; successor
- 繼任者 jìrènzhě
- successor
- 繼位 jìwèi
- to succeed to the throne
繼 in a sentence
休息一下，我們等一下繼續開會。
Xiūxí yíxià, wǒmen děng yíxià jìxù kāihuì.
“Let's take a break; we'll continue the meeting in a moment.”
How common is 繼?
繼 is the 654th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.5% of all running text.
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