"To inherit" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 承受 | chéng shòu | to bear / to support / to inherit |   |
| 继承 | jì chéng | to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc) | |
| 遗传 | yí chuán | heredity / to inherit (a trait) / to pass on (to one's offspring) | |
| 承袭 | chéng xí | to inherit / to follow / to adopt | |
| 承继 | chéng jì | adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son) / to inherit | |
| 继 |  jì | to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards | |
| 嗣 | sì | succession (to a title) / to inherit / continuing (a tradition) / posterity | |
| 胤 | yìn | descendant / heir / offspring / posterity / to inherit | |
| 缵 | zuǎn | to carry on / to succeed (of a familial line) / to inherit | |
| 嗣位 | sì wèi | to succeed to a title / to inherit | |
| 继述 | jì shù | (literary) to carry on / to inherit / to succeed | |
