過繼

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Chinese

to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker)
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
 
to continue; to follow after; then
to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit
 
trad. (過繼) 過 繼
simp. (过继) 过 继

Pronunciation

Verb

過繼

  1. to adopt a young relative
  2. to give one's child to a relative for adoption; to have one's child adopted by a relative

Synonyms

  • (to adopt a young relative): 承繼／承继 (chéngjì)
  • (to have one's child adopted by a relative): 承繼／承继 (chéngjì)
Dialectal synonyms of 過繼 (“to have one's child adopted by a relative”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 過繼, 過房, 出繼
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 過繼
Harbin 過房
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 過繼
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 過繼
Xi'an 過繼
Xuzhou 過房
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 過繼, 承繼
Cantonese Guangzhou 過繼
Hong Kong 過繼
Gan Nanchang 過繼
Hakka Meixian 過房
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 過房
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 過房
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 過房
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 過房
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 過房
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 過房
Huizhou Jixi 過繼
Northern Min Jian'ou 過繼, 承繼
Eastern Min Fuzhou 過房, 過繼
Southern Min Xiamen 過房, 過, 傳房份
Quanzhou 過房, 過
Zhangzhou 過房, 過, 傳房份
Jieyang 過房
Wu Danyang 過繼
Ningbo 過繼
Xiang Loudi 過繼, 出撫, 過房
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