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继续

jì xù 4–4

to continue; to proceed with; to go on with

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 4 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
继 · 续
Syllables
2
jì xù
Frequency
Very common
corpus count 285

Part of speech: v

Character by character

  • 继jì10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 繼continue, maintain, carry on
  • 续xù11 strokesHSK 3 traditional 續continue, carry on; succeed

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 他们继续走。

    Tā men jì xù zǒu

    They kept on walking.

  • 她继续工作。

    Tā jì xù gōng zuò

    She proceeded with the work.

  • 我想继续走。

    Wǒ xiǎng jì xù zǒu

    I want to keep moving.

  • 我们要继续下去。

    Wǒ men yào jì xù xià qù

    We'll continue.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 继续. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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