继 (jì): to continue
继 (jì) is a Chinese character meaning “to continue.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 米 (phonetic). It ranks #655 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 继 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lèi, tired), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- to continue
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 继
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 继父noun | jì fù | stepfather |
| 继承人noun | jì chéng rén | heir |
| 继母noun | jì mǔ | stepmother |
| 继任verb | jì rèn | to succeed sb in a job |
| 夜以继日phrase | yè yǐ jì rì | night and day (idiom) |
| 继子noun | jì zǐ | stepson |
| 继承权 | jì chéng quán | right of inheritance |
| 中继站 | zhōng jì zhàn | relay station |
| 相继adverb | xiāng jì | in succession |
| 继而conjunction | jì ér | then |
| 继位verb | jì wèi | to succeed to the throne |
| 过继verb | guò jì | to adopt |
| 继电器noun | jì diàn qì | (electrical) relay |
| 中继verb | zhōng jì | to relay |
| 承继verb | chéng jì | adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son) |
继 appears in 57 compound words: 58 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 继 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom); fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
Showing 11 of 12 idioms containing 继.
Example Sentences
请继续完成剩下的工作，不要中断进度。
Qǐng jìxù wánchéng shèngxià de gōngzuò, búyào zhōngduàn jìndù.
Please continue to complete the remaining work; don't interrupt the progress.
美TSA:机场安检PreCheck计划继续运行
měi T S A : jī chǎng ān jiǎn P r e C h e c k jì huá jì xù yùn háng
TSA: The airport security PreCheck program continues to operate
局地降温超20°C!降温继续南下,南方多地降雨频繁期开启
jú dì jiàng wēn chāo 2 0 C ! jiàng wēn jì xù nán xià , nán fāng duō dì jiàng yǔ pín fán qī kāi qǐ
The local cooling exceeded 20°C! The cooling continued to move south, and the frequent rainfall period began in many places in the south
爱读书的工地大叔走红后第一个春节:继续种地、看书,..
ài dòu shū de gōng dì dà shū zǒu hóng hòu dì yī gè chūn jié : jì xù zhǒng dì , kàn shū , . .
The first Spring Festival after the uncle on the construction site who loves to read became popular: continue to farm and read,..
苏翊鸣第二滑平稳输出,继续加油!
sū 翊 míng dì èr huá píng wěn shū chū , jì xù jiā yóu !
Su Yiming delivered a steady second run—keep it up!
雷军晒本人AI拜年图并发文:今天初二,继续拜年,小..
léi jūn shài běn rén bài nián tú bìng fā wén jīn tiān chū èr , jì xù bài nián , xiǎo . .
Lei Jun shared his AI New Year greeting image and posted: "Today is the second day of the New Year. Continuing to send greetings, little..."
价格还会继续涨吗？
Jiàgé hái huì jìxù zhǎng ma?
Will the price keep going up?
她母亲将继续工作。
Tā mǔqīn jiāng jìxù gōngzuò.
Her mother will continue to work.
我不可能继续保持沈默了。
Wǒ bù kěnéng jìxù bǎochí chén mò le.
I can no longer remain silent.
他继承了他父亲的事业。
Tā jìchéng le tā fùqīn de shìyè.
He took over his father's business.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 纟 (thread) component
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