HSK 6 · Ideas

遗产 yíchǎn “heritage” in Chinese

Traditional 遺產

What 遗产 means

  1. heritage
  2. legacy
  3. inheritance
  4. bequest

Measure word 笔 bǐ · 一笔遗产 yì bǐ yíchǎn

How to say 遗产

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale遗yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale产chǎn3rd tone, dipping

遗产 in a sentence

  1. 他继承了他爸爸的庞大遗产。

    Tā jìchéng le tā bàba de pángdà yíchǎn.

    He inherited his father’s vast fortune.

    Sentence #2411938 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他将会继承大笔的遗产。

    Tā jiāng huì jìchéng dàbǐ de yíchǎn.

    He will inherit a large fortune.

    Sentence #362351 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 铁桥峡谷是联合国教科文组织世界遗产。

    Tiěqiáo Xiágǔ shì Liánhéguó Jiàokēwén Zǔzhī shìjiè yíchǎn.

    Ironbridge Gorge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Sentence #13153774 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 遗产 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 遗 (yí) with each of its parts in a different colour
遗yíto leave behind
  • 贵expensive · guì
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
The character 产 (chǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
产chǎnto give birth
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 厂cliff · hǎnSound part

How to write 遗产

遗 12 strokes · 产 6 strokes

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遗产 (yíchǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 遗产 (yíchǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 遗产

Words with 遗

遗憾yíhàn · regret遗传yíchuán · genetic遗留yíliú · to be left over遗失yíshī · to lose (something)

Words with 产

产生chǎnshēng · to produce生产shēngchǎn · to produce财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt产业chǎnyè · industry盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in资产zīchǎn · assets矿产kuàngchǎn · mineral resources

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演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve眼光yǎnguāng · vision要点yàodiǎn · main point要素yàosù · key element一帆风顺yìfānfēngshùn · plain sailing依据yījù · basis一举两得yìjǔliǎngdé · to kill two birds with one stone隐患yǐnhuàn · hidden danger

FAQs

遗产 (yíchǎn) means “heritage” or “legacy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yíchǎn: yí with a 2nd tone, then chǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 遗产 is written 遺產. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 笔 (bǐ). For example, one heritage is 一笔遗产 (yì bǐ yíchǎn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yichan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遗产 from the suggestions. Typing yichan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遗产 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.