HSK 6 · Verbs

继承 jìchéng “to inherit” in Chinese

Traditional 繼承

What 继承 means

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

How to say 继承

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale继jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale承chéng2nd tone, rising

继承 in a sentence

  1. 他继承了他父亲的财产。

    Tā jìchéng le tā fùqīn de cáichǎn.

    He inherited his father’s property.

    Sentence #397539 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 王子继承了王位。

    Wángzǐ jìchéng le wángwèi.

    The prince succeeded to the throne.

    Sentence #845127 from Tatoeba

  3. 他必须继承父亲的事业。

    Tā bìxū jìchéng fùqīn de shìyè.

    He has to carry on his father’s business.

    Sentence #1891622 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 继承 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 继 (jì) drawn as one shape
继jìto continue

继 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 承 (chéng) drawn as one shape
承chéngto bear

承 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 继承

继 10 strokes · 承 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 继承

Words with 继

继续jìxù · to continue

Words with 承

承认chéngrèn · to admit承担chéngdān · to take on (responsibility)承受chéngshòu · to bear承诺chéngnuò · to promise承办chéngbàn · to undertake承包chéngbāo · to contract

More words: Common Verbs

践踏jiàntà · to trample检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect交叉jiāochā · to cross夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with戒备jièbèi · to guard against解除jiěchú · to remove竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost解散jiěsàn · to dissolve

FAQs

继承 (jìchéng) means “to inherit” or “to carry on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìchéng: jì with a 4th tone, then chéng with a 2nd 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, 继承 is written 繼承. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jicheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 继承 from the suggestions. Typing jicheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
继承 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.