CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

继承人

jìchéngrén

heir

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

heir

successor

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 继承人 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 继承人 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

威廉王子是英国王位第二顺位继承人。wēi lián wáng zǐ shì yīng guó wáng wèi dì èr shùn wèi jì chéng rén。

Prince William is second in line to the English throne.

随着无继承人的国王的发疯和王室家族的中毒，将军终于有机会篡夺王位。suí zhe wú jì chéng rén de guó wáng de fā fēng hé wáng shì jiā zú de zhòng dú， jiāng jūn zhōng yú yǒu jī huì cuàn duó wáng wèi。

With the heirless king going crazy and royal family poisoned, the general of the army finally had his chance to usurp the throne.

如果犯罪嫌疑人、被告人死亡，那么刑事责任将彻底终结，但民事赔偿不免除。被害人可单独提起民事诉讼，要求死者继承人在继承遗产范围内赔偿损失；民事责任可以继承，而刑事责任不能继承。rú guǒ fàn zuì xián yí rén、 bèi gào rén sǐ wáng， nà me xíng shì zé rèn jiāng chè dǐ zhōng jié， dàn mín shì péi cháng bù miǎn chú。 bèi hài rén kě dān dú tí qǐ mín shì sù sòng， yāo qiú sǐ zhě jì chéng rén zài jì chéng yí chǎn fàn wéi nèi péi cháng sǔn shī； mín shì zé rèn kě yǐ jì chéng， ér xíng shì zé rèn bù néng jì chéng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 继承人.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 继承人.

Directly before

无继承人1
顺位继承人1
死者继承人1

Directly after

继承人的1
继承人在1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 继承人

What does 继承人 mean in Chinese?

继承人 (jìchéngrén) means heir.

How do you pronounce 继承人?

继承人 is pronounced jìchéngrén.

Is 继承人 an HSK word?

继承人 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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