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繼

jì

continue, maintain, carry on

Strokes
20
Radical
糸
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 继

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 继, the simplified form of 繼. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他们继续走。

    Tā men jì xù zǒu

    They kept on walking.

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  • 我们要继续下去。

    Wǒ men yào jì xù xià qù

    We'll continue.

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  • 我想继续走。

    Wǒ xiǎng jì xù zǒu

    I want to keep moving.

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  • 她继续工作。

    Tā jì xù gōng zuò

    She proceeded with the work.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 继

  • 继续jì xù 4–4 to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
  • 继承jì chéng 4–2 to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)
  • 继往开来jì wǎng kāi lái 4–3–1–2to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
  • 继jì 4to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
  • 相继xiāng jì 1–4 in succession; following closely
  • 继而jì ér 4–2 then; afterwards
  • 继父jì fù 4–4 stepfather
  • 继母jì mǔ 4–3 stepmother
  • 夜以继日yè yǐ jì rì 4–3–4–4night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
  • 前赴后继qián fù hòu jì 2–4–4–4to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)