父死子繼

Chinese

		father	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	to continue; to follow after; then to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit
trad. (父死子繼)		父	死	子	繼
simp. (父死子继)		父	死	子	继

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùsǐzǐjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ sei² zi² gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùsǐzǐjì [Phonetic: fùsízǐjì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùsǐhzǐhjì
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-ssŭ³-tzŭ³-chi⁴
    • Yale: fù-sž-dž-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhsyytzyyjih
    • Palladius: фусыцзыцзи (fusyczyczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ sei² zi² gai³
    • Yale: fuh séi jí gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ sei² dzi² gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ séi² ji² gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² sei̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ kɐi̯³³/

Idiom

父死子繼

1. a system of succession where the son succeeds his father when his father dies