嗣位

sìwèi
  1. to succeed to a title
  2. to inherit

CEDICT

  1. (monarchy) to ascend the throne; to succeed to the throne
  2. to ascend the throne; to succeed to the throne

Wiktionary

继承君位。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 嗣 sì
  1. succession (to a title)
  2. to inherit
  3. continuing (a tradition)
  4. posterity
2 位 wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential

Related entries

承袭 chéngxí
  1. to inherit
  2. to follow
  3. to adopt
继承 jìchéng
  1. to inherit
  2. to succeed to (the throne etc)
  3. to carry on (a tradition etc)
他会继承王位。

He will succeed to the throne.

Source: Tatoeba

缵 zuǎn (literary) to inherit
嗣 sì
  1. succession (to a title)
  2. to inherit
  3. continuing (a tradition)
  4. posterity
承继 chéngjì
  1. adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son)
  2. to inherit
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