HSK 4 · Verbs

继续 jìxù “to continue” in Chinese

Traditional 繼續

What 继续 means

  1. to continue
  2. to proceed with
  3. to go on with

How to say 继续

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale续xù4th tone, falling

继续 in a sentence

  1. 请继续讲你的故事。

    Qǐng jìxù jiǎng nǐ de gùshi.

    Please go on with your story.

    Sentence #2004697 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 价格还会继续涨吗？

    Jiàgé hái huì jìxù zhǎng ma?

    Will prices keep going up?

    Sentence #10457794 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我决定继续工作。

    Wǒ juédìng jìxù gōngzuò.

    I’ve decided to keep working.

    Sentence #349681 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 继续 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 续 (xù) with each of its parts in a different colour
续xùto continue
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 卖to sell · màiSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 卖 (mài) hints at the sound. Compare it with xù.

How to write 继续

继 10 strokes · 续 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 继续

Words with 继

继承jìchéng · to inherit

Words with 续

连续liánxù · continuous持续chíxù · to continue手续shǒuxù · procedure陆续lùxù · in turn延续yánxù · to continue

More words: Common Verbs

活动huódòng · activity获得huòdé · to obtain降落jiàngluò · to descend积累jīlěi · to accumulate寄jì · to send坚持jiānchí · to persevere with减肥jiǎnféi · to lose weight减少jiǎnshǎo · to lessen

FAQs

继续 (jìxù) means “to continue” or “to proceed with”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jìxù: jì with a 4th tone, then xù with a 4th 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, 继续 is written 繼續. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jixu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 继续 from the suggestions. Typing jixu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
继续 is an HSK 4 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.