继

To continue in Chinese: 继 (jì)

jì

to continue

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 繼1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to continue
  2. 2to follow after
  3. 3to go on with
  4. 4to succeed
  5. 5to inherit
  6. 6then
  7. 7afterwards

Stroke order

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继

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧˋ

jì

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

继

Simplified

繼

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 请你继续说下去。

    qǐng nǐ jì xù shuō xià qù。

    Please go on with what you were saying.

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Related words

继续

jì xù

to continue

继承

jì chéng

to inherit

继而

jì ér

then

继父

jì fù

stepfather

继母

jì mǔ

stepmother

相继

xiāng jì

in succession

前赴后继

qián fù hòu jì

to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)

夜以继日

yè yǐ jì rì

night and day (idiom)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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