繼承

jì chéng

B1 Level 5

Transitive process verb

繼承 (jì chéng) is a Chinese word meaning “to inherit”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

to inherit
to succeed to (the throne etc)
to carry on (a tradition etc)

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Example

他繼承了父親的事業。

He took over his father's business.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).