嗣

sì
  1. succession (to a title)
  2. to inherit
  3. continuing (a tradition)
  4. posterity

CEDICT

  1. (literary) descendants
  2. (literary) heir; successor
  3. (literary) soon after
  4. (literary) to inherit; to continue
  5. descendants
  6. heir; successor
  7. soon after
  8. to inherit; to continue

Wiktionary

  1. 繼續、承繼。
  2. 後代子孫。
  3. 接續職務的人。
  4. 姓。如漢代有嗣光宙。

重編國語辭典

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倪嗣沖 Ní Sìchōng Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱 Yuán Shìkǎi during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire
嗣位 sìwèi
  1. to succeed to a title
  2. to inherit
嗣國 sìguó to accede to a throne
嗣子 sìzǐ
  1. heir
  2. adopted son
嗣後 sìhòu
  1. from then on
  2. after
  3. afterwards
  4. thereafter
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Related entries

世襲 shìxí
  1. succession
  2. inheritance
  3. hereditary
演替 yǎntì
  1. succession (of changes in an ecological community)
  2. naturally evolving sequence
承襲 chéngxí
  1. to inherit
  2. to follow
  3. to adopt
繼承 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

纘 zuǎn (literary) to inherit
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