秉承

Chinese

		to grasp; hold; maintain	to bear; to carry; to hold to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
trad. (秉承)		秉	承
simp. #(秉承)		秉	承
alternative forms		稟承／禀承

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): péng-sêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngchéng
    • Wade–Giles: ping³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: bǐng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingcherng
    • Palladius: бинчэн (binčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing² sing⁴
    • Yale: bíng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing² sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing² xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: píng-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefngseeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

秉承

1. to take orders; to receive commands
2. to carry on (a tradition)

Synonyms

• (to carry on):

• 不休 (bùxiū)
• 不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
• 不停 (bùtíng)
• 不已 (bùyǐ)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 不迭 (bùdié)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 延續／延续 (yánxù)
• 持續／持续 (chíxù)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接續／接续 (jiēxù)
• 繼／继 (jì)
• 繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
• 繼續／继续 (jìxù)

 

Related terms

• 承受 (chéngshòu)