sì
嗣 (sì) is a Chinese word meaning “succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)”.
Meanings
- 1succession (to a title)
- 2to inherit
- 3continuing (a tradition)
- 4posterity
Related words
子嗣son后嗣heir嗣位to succeed to a title嗣后from then on嗣响lit. a following echo嗣国to accede to a throne嗣子heir嗣岁the following year嗣徽heritage继嗣to continue倪嗣冲Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire谭嗣同Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898