继 (繼)

  1. verb to inherit; to follow after; to succeed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 承续 (CCD '继' 1; CC-CEDICT '繼'; GHDC '继' 1; Guoyu '繼' v 2; Kroll 2015 '繼' 1, p. 189; Mathews 1931 '繼', p. 59)
  2. verb to connect; to extend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 接续 (Guoyu '繼' v 1; Kroll 2015 '繼' 1, p. 189; Mathews 1931 '繼', p. 59)
  3. adjective step-
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 继父 step father (Guoyu '繼' adj)
  4. verb to adopt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '繼' 2b, p. 189; Mathews 1931 '繼', p. 59)
  5. adverb then; afterwards
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 继而 (CCD '继' 2; Guoyu '繼' adv)
  6. verb to continue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 延续 (CCD '继' 1; GHDC '继' 2; Mathews 1931 '繼', p. 59)
  7. verb to augment; to increase
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '繼' 1a, p. 189)
  8. verb to give assistance to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 接济 (GHDC '继' 4)

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