继 (繼) jì

1. jì verb to inherit; to follow after; to succeed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 承续 (CCD '继' 1; CC-CEDICT '繼'; GHDC '继' 1; Guoyu '繼' v 2; Kroll 2015 '繼' 1, p. 189; Mathews 1931 '繼', p. 59)
2. jì verb to connect; to extend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 接续 (Guoyu '繼' v 1; Kroll 2015 '繼' 1, p. 189; Mathews 1931 '繼', p. 59)
3. jì adjective step-
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 继父 step father (Guoyu '繼' adj)
4. jì verb to adopt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '繼' 2b, p. 189; Mathews 1931 '繼', p. 59)
5. jì adverb then; afterwards
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 继而 (CCD '继' 2; Guoyu '繼' adv)
6. jì verb to continue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 延续 (CCD '继' 1; GHDC '继' 2; Mathews 1931 '繼', p. 59)
7. jì verb to augment; to increase
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '繼' 1a, p. 189)
8. jì verb to give assistance to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 接济 (GHDC '继' 4)

Contained in

• 燃膏继晷(燃膏繼晷) burning the midnight oil and working throughout the day
• 继室(繼室) second wife (of a widower)
• 继任者(繼任者) a successor
• 前仆后继(前仆後繼) one falls, the next follows; stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
• 出继(出繼) to become adopted as heir
• 中继站(中繼站) relay station
• 继配(繼配) second wife (of a widower)
• 继承衣钵(繼承衣缽) to take up somebody's mantle; to follow in somebody's steps
• 继承法(繼承法) inheritance law
• 继轨(繼軌) to follow in the steps of
• 中继资料(中繼資料) metadata
• 继任(繼任) to succeed somebody in a job
• 继父(繼父) stepfather
• 女继承人(女繼承人) inheritress
• 继体(繼體) to inherit a title; to succeed as king due to family relation
• 继善(繼善) to be benevolent
• 继往开来(繼往開來) to follow the past and open up to the future
• 以夜继日(以夜繼日) to continue night and day
• 继踵(繼踵) follow on the heels of
• 继电器(繼電器) a relay
• 讯框中继(訊框中繼) frame relay (telecommunications)
• 继承权(繼承權) right of inheritance; right of succession
• 兴灭继绝(興滅繼絕) to restore the state and revive old families; to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
• 中继(中繼) to relay; to repeat
• 过继(過繼) to adopt; to give for adoption [often to a relative]
• 继序(繼序) to succeed in order
• 相继王(相繼王) ruled one after another as kings
• 承继权(承繼權) the right to inherit
• 继父母(繼父母) step-parents
• 焚膏继晷(焚膏繼晷) burning the midnight oil and working throughout the day
• 继志(繼志) to carry out the will of the deceased
• 继子(繼子) stepson
• 继女(繼女) stepdaughter
• 继位(繼位) to succeed to the throne
• 继母(繼母) stepmother
• 夜以继昼(夜以繼晝) to continue night and day
• 推继(推繼) inference
• 继子女(繼子女) stepchildren; adopted children
• 继统(繼統) to succeed on the throne
• 继踵而至(繼踵而至) one after the other in unceasing succession
• 继承人(繼承人) heir; successor
• 继而(繼而) then; afterwards
• 继妻(繼妻) second wife
• 承继(承繼) to continue ; to adopt ; to inherit
• 继绝世(繼絕世) to restore a broken family line
• 继世(繼世) to continue over multiple generations

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王继忠 、 李继韬 、 孙继海 、 赵继鼎 、 张继

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• 卷四百八十二 列傳第二百四十一 世家五 北漢劉氏劉繼元(父:鈞 兄:繼恩 附:衛融 趙文度 李惲 馬峯 郭無爲) Volume 482 Biographies 241: Hereditary Houses 5 - Northern Han and Liu clans Liu Jiyuan (relative: Jun, elder brother: Ji En, relative : Wei Rong, Zhao Wendu, Li Yun, Ma Feng, Guo Wuwei) History of Song 宋史 — count: 77
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Collocations

• 继事 (繼事) 繼事之辭也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 11
• 存亡继 (存亡繼) 桓公嘗有存亡繼絕之功 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
• 继弑君 (繼弒君) 繼弒君不言即位 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 8
• 继射 (繼射) 衆賔繼射 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 5
• 继周 (繼周) 其或繼周者 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 2. 《為政》 Wei Zheng — count: 5
• 继自今 (繼自今) 繼自今嗣王 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — count: 5
• 賔继 (賔繼) 衆賔繼射 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 4
• 人继 (人繼) 使人繼其聲 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《學記》 Record on the Subject of Education — count: 4
• 师继 (師繼) 子庚以師繼之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 继文王 (繼文王) 繼文王之體 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4