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Mythic Mandarin

继续 (jì xù): meaning and stroke order

继续 (jì xù) means to continue; to proceed with; to go on with.

继续

Simplified
继续
Traditional
繼續
Pinyin
jì xù

Stroke order of 继续

继

  • jì to continue; to follow after
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 繼

Stroke by stroke

续

  • xù to continue; to replenish
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 續

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 继续

  1. jì xù Traditional 繼續
    • to continue; to proceed with; to go on with

Radicals of the characters

继
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 10 strokes
续
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 11 strokes · 纟 on the left, 卖 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

继续 in our stories

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  • 十年后，他终于找到机会逃了出去，继续向西走，最后真的找到了大月氏。

    shí nián hòu tā zhōngyú zhǎodào jīhuì táo le chūqu jìxù xiàng xī zǒu zuìhòu zhēnde zhǎodào le Dà Yuèzhī

    Ten years later he finally escaped, continued west, and really did find the Yuezhi.

    From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6

  • 她的队友早在两个小时前就登顶下撤了，以为她跟在后面。一队又一队的登山者从她身边经过，有人看了一眼，就继续往上走。

    tā de duìyǒu zǎo zài liǎng gè xiǎoshí qián jiù dēngdǐng xiàchè le yǐwéi tā gēn zài hòumiàn yí duì yòu yí duì de dēngshānzhě cóng tā shēnbiān jīngguò yǒurén kàn le yìyǎn jiù jìxù wǎngshàng zǒu

    Her teammates had reached the top and started down two hours earlier, thinking she was behind them. Team after team passed her; some glanced at her and carried on upwards.

    From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 继续

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).