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继承

jì chéng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 繼承

继承 (jì chéng) means "to inherit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 继承 means

1. to inherit
2. to succeed to (the throne etc)
3. to carry on (a tradition etc)

The characters in 继承

• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 承chéngto bear; to carry; to hold

Example sentences

• 他会继承王位。
  He will succeed to the throne.
• 王子继承了王位。
  Wángzǐ jìchéng le wángwèi.
  The prince succeeded to the throne.
• 汤姆继承了什么？
  What did Tom inherit?
• 他继承了他父亲的事业。
  Tā jìchéng le tā fùqīn de shìyè.
  He took over his father's business.
• 他必须继承父亲的事业。
  Tā bìxū jìchéng fùqīn de shìyè.
  He must succeed to his father's business.
• 他继承了他父亲的财产。
  Tā jìchéng le tā fùqīn de cáichǎn.
  He succeeded to his father's property.

Words starting with 继承

• 继承人jì chéng rénheir; successor
• 继承者jì chéng zhěsuccessor
• 继承权jì chéng quánright of inheritance
• 继承衣钵jì chéng yī bōto take up sb's mantle; to follow in sb's steps

Words containing 继承

• 女继承人nǚ jì chéng réninheritress

Sounds the same

Read jì chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蓟城old name for Beijing 北京

Where 继承 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jì chéng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.