承袭

承襲
chéngxí
  1. to inherit
  2. to follow
  3. to adopt

CEDICT

  1. to follow (old customs, methods, rules, etc.); to copy
  2. to inherit; to succeed; to fall heir to

Wiktionary

继承前人的爵位、产业或文化等。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 承 chéng
  1. to bear
  2. to carry
  3. to hold
  4. to continue
  5. to undertake
  6. to take charge
  7. owing to
  8. due to
  9. to receive
2 袭 xí
  1. (bound form) to raid; to attack
  2. (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate
  3. (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding

Related entries

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
嗣位 sìwèi
  1. to succeed to a title
  2. to inherit
承继 chéngjì
  1. adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son)
  2. to inherit
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