CONTINUE  繼續繼

ACT OR EXIST RESEMBLE>as one has in the INTENSELY>very NEAR PAST.
CARRY ONPROCEEDGO ONKEEP ONPERSISTPRESS ONPERSEVERESTICKSOLDIER ON
Antonym
  • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
    • REACTCHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something.
      Hypernym
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
          • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
            • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME....
      See also
      • TRANSMITRECORD OR REPORT so as to CAUSE LATER GENERATIONS TO KNOW something.
        Hyponym
        • PERSIST　CONTINUE to EXIST.
          • STILL　CONTINUING RESEMBLING:as EARLIER.
            Old Chinese Criteria
            1. The most current general word for continuing to do something and also for continuing a tradition is jì 繼 (ant. jué 絕 "disrupt a tradition") which concentrates on the original thing that is being continued or made longer.

            2. Xù 續 (ant. duàn 斷 "interrupt a tradition") focusses on what is being added in the lengthening process, and the dominant meaning of the word is spatial lengthening.

            3. Zhuǎn 轉 is refers to continuation by alternation of the agent and is translatable as "continuing in turn".

            4. Chéng 承 refers to the continuation of an abstract tradition.

            5. Yè 業 refers primarily to the continuation of the trade or tradition of one's own forebears.

            6. Réng 仍 focusses on the uninterrupted and continuous pursuance of an activity over a continuing period.

            7. Sì 嗣, which came to mean "succeed as an heir", was used in early texts to refer to the continuation of any tradition or practice.

            8. Yán 延 is current in the meaning "continue" in OBI.

            Modern Chinese Criteria
            繼續

            連續

            賡續

            延續

            衍續

            接續

            持續

            繼承

            續

            繼

            累

            承

            繼往開來

            前赴後繼

            前僕後繼

            此起彼伏

            踵事增華

            存亡

            繼絕

            絡繹

            繼武

            不斷 focusses on lack of interruption.

            不停 focusses on failure to stop and rest.

            不住 focusses on failure to discontinue.

            rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

            • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 472

              BACULUS

              Lists seven terms for special use sticks.

            • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 120

            • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

            • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 206

            • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 292

            • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.196:132

              CONTINUER.PERSEVERER.PERSISTER; CONTINUER.POURSUIVRE

            • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.205.165FF

              CONTINUATION.CONTINUITE; CONTINUEL.CONTINU

            • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 495

            Words

            繼  jì OC: keeɡs MC: kei 35 AttributionsWD

            The most current general word for continuing to do something and also for continuing a tradition is jì 繼 (ant. jué 絕 "disrupt a tradition") which concentrates on the original thing that is being continued or made longer.

              Word relations
            • Ant: 絕/BREAK OFF Jué 絕 refers - often metaphorically - to causing something to become discontinuous, to be interrupted or broken off.
            • Ant: 絕/STOP Jué 絕 (ant. jì 繼 "continue") is to disrupt one's current (human) activity, and fèi 廢 (ant. qín 勤 "continue to make a serioues effort") is to discontinue such an acitivity permanently.
            • Object: 業/WORK Yè 業refers to the pursuance of one's own professional career or one's career as a skilled artisan, farmer etc..
            • Synon: 承/CONTINUE Chéng 承 refers to the continuation of an abstract tradition.

              Syntactic words
            • nabeventcontinuation; succession
            • vadN.adVcontinuing> successive
            • vadVcontinuouslyCH
            • viprocesscontinue; be continuous; be lasting
            • vt(oN)continue a contextually determinate course of action
            • vt+V[0]causativecause to continue to V
            • vtoNcontinue with, carry on, continue the tradition of; succeed in the post of
            • vtoNcausativecause to continue, cause to continue to exist
            • vtoNpassivebe continued
            嗣  sì OC: sɢlɯs MC: zɨ 15 AttributionsWD

            Sì 嗣, which came to mean "succeed as an heir", was used in early texts to refer to the continuation of any tradition or practice.

              Syntactic words
            • vadNcontinue> following; succeeding
            • vtoNto continue; to succeed to; to succeed as
            承  chéng OC: ɡjɯŋ MC: dʑɨŋ 14 AttributionsWD

            Chéng 承 refers to the continuation of an abstract tradition.

              Word relations
            • Object: 天意/PLAN
            • Synon: 繼/CONTINUE The most current general word for continuing to do something and also for continuing a tradition is jì 繼 (ant. jué 絕 "disrupt a tradition") which concentrates on the original thing that is being continued or made longer.
            • Synon: 襲/CONTINUE

              Syntactic words
            • vt+prep+Nto continue in the tradition ofVK
            • vtoNcontinue the tradition of
            • vtoN.adVby way of continuation of; as things develop in continuation of
            著  zhuó OC: k-laɡ MC: ʈi̯ɐk 10 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vpostadVcontinuativeverbal complement indicating a continuous action or state
            續  xù OC: sɢloɡ MC: zi̯ok 7 AttributionsWD

            Xù 續 (ant. duàn 斷 "interrupt a tradition") focusses on what is being added in the lengthening process, and the dominant meaning of the word is spatial lengthening.

              Word relations
            • Ant: 斷/BREAK OFF Duàn 斷 emphasises to the decisive resultative aspect of the breaking off, typically also cutting off, and the word tended to be metaphorical in early texts, increasingly taking on its concrete meaning at later stages. See CUT.

              Syntactic words
            • vadNcontinuing
            • vadVin continuation, continuing the line
            • vt+prep+NN=humcontinue the traditon of
            • vt+V[0]continue to V
            • vtoNprolong; make physically longer; continue 夜以續日 HF: 以長續短;
            • vtoNN=actcontinue in (a job or position); go on from something to something else 相續 "take over from one another"
            • vtt(oN1.) N2causativein literary composition: make the contextually determinate N1 continue on from N2CH
            紹  shào OC: ɡ-lewʔ MC: dʑiɛu 5 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue; expand (intelligence/understanding)
            于  yú OC: ɢʷra MC: ɦi̯o 4 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vadVprefixcontinuously; go on V-ing; perhaps also inchoative: go a-V-ing [this may have to be reanalysed as vt+V, in fact! The link with the meaning GO TO is tempting. This needs study.]
            仍  réng OC: njɯŋ MC: ȵɨŋ 4 AttributionsWD

            Réng 仍 focusses on the uninterrupted and continuous pursuance of an activity over a continuing period.

              Syntactic words
            • vadVin the old style, continuously
            • vtoNcontinue to occupy (an office); continue as before in
            尋  xún OC: ljum MC: zim 4 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNto continue; to renew; to confirm
            延  yán OC: lan MC: jiɛn 4 AttributionsWD

            Yán 延 is current in the meaning "continue" in OBI.

              Syntactic words
            • vadNconsecutive 延年 "for years on end"
            • viprocesscontinue
            • vt+V[0]OBI 3: continue to V
            • vt.red:(+V[0])go on and on V-ing
            • vt[0]+V[0]it continues to V
            • vtoNcontinue; prolong
            • vtoNcausativecause to continue> prolong
            襲  xí OC: zɯb MC: zip 3 AttributionsWD

              Word relations
            • Ant: 變/CHANGE The most current general words for objective and typically abrupt change are biàn 變 "change from one's original state to become something different" (ant. héng �� "remain constant").
            • Object: 業/WORK Yè 業refers to the pursuance of one's own professional career or one's career as a skilled artisan, farmer etc..
            • Synon: 承/CONTINUE Chéng 承 refers to the continuation of an abstract tradition.

              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue (a tradition etc);
            轉  zhuǎn OC: tonʔ MC: ʈiɛn 3 AttributionsWD

            Zhuǎn 轉 is refers to continuation by alternation of the agent and is translatable as "continuing in turn".

              Syntactic words
            • vadVcontinuously, from one person to the next
            進  jìn OC: tsins MC: tsin 3 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vt+V[0]step forward (and ask another question) > continue (saying)
            不休  bù xiū OC: pɯʔ qhu MC: pi̯ut hɨu 3 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPpostadVceaselessly
            不止  bù zhǐ OC: pɯʔ kljɯʔ MC: pi̯ut tɕɨ 3 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPpostadVcontinuously, ceaselessly, incessantly; never stopping
            及  jí MC: gip OC: ɡrɯbLZ 3 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNsucceed N in ruleLZ
            綴  zhuì OC: krlods MC: ʈiɛi 2 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNtie together> continue; connect
            繹  yì OC: laɡ MC: jiɛk 2 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vt(oN)continue the contextuallyu determinate activity
            • vtoNcontinue (something) and develop it
            纚  xǐ OC: sbrelʔ MC: ʂiɛ 2 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vi.redintensitivecontinuous and long 纚纚然
            纘  zuǎn OC: tsoonʔ MC: tsʷɑn 2 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue
            • vtoNreflexive.自cause one's tradition to continue
            紹繼  shào jì OC: ɡ-lewʔ keeɡs MC: dʑiɛu kei 2 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPiactsucceed (a predecessor in a distinguished position etc)
            • VPtoNcontinue the tradition of > succeed to
            久  jiǔ OC: klɯʔ MC: kɨu 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vt(+V[0])persist for a long time in a contextually determinate action V
            序  xù OC: ljaʔ MC: zi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vadVcontinuously; taking turns
            從  cóng OC: dzoŋ MC: dzi̯oŋ 1 AttributionWD

              Word relations
            • Oppos: 始/BEGIN The general word for something occurring for the crucial and influential first time or initiating anything, in particular any development, is shǐ 始 (ant. zhōng 終"bring to an end; come to an end" and chéng 成 "bring to a successful end, complete").

              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue, go on after the beginning
            率  shuài OC: sruds MC: ʂi 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue the tradition of; carry on
            繩  shéng OC: sbljɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vi.redbe continuous
            • vtoNcontinue
            施及  shī jí OC: lʰal ɡrɯb MC: ɕiɛ gip 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPtoNresultativeyì jí: continue so as to last until/for, continue down to; reach down to
            更再  gèng zài OC: kraaŋs tsɯɯs MC: kɣaŋ tsəi 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • PPadVby way of continuing what went before
            浸潤  jìn rùn OC: skims njuns MC: tsim ȵʷin 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPadNcontinuing (insiduously)
            無斁  wú yì OC: ma laɡ MC: mi̯o jiɛk 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPpostadVtirelessly
            紹承  shào chéng OC: ɡ-lewʔ ɡjɯŋ MC: dʑiɛu dʑɨŋ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPtoNcontinue
            紹續  shào xù OC: ɡ-lewʔ sɢloɡ MC: dʑiɛu zi̯ok 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • NPabcontinuation
            繼續  jì xù OC: keeɡs sɢloɡ MC: kei zi̯ok 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPt(oN)omcontinue (a contextually determinate N)
            • VPtoNcontinue
            續  xù MC: zjowk OC: sɢloɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • nabactcontinuation, way of continuationLZ
            酬  chóu MC: dzyuw OC: ɡjuCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue (corresponding to each other)CH
            怙終  hù zhōng MC: -- tsyuwng OC: ɡaaʔ tjuŋCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPt(oN)persist to the end in the action NCH
            怙終  hù zhōng MC: -- tsyuwng OC: ɡaaʔ tjuŋCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPt(oN)persist to the end in the action NCH
            不已  bù yǐ MC: pjut yiX OC: pɯʔ k-lɯʔCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPicontinueCH
            復  fù MC: bjuwH OC: buɡsCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vt V[0]derivedcontinue toCH
            㡭  jì MC: -- OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vi=繼續 continue to developCH
            揜迹  yǎn jì, jī MC: 'jemX tsjeH OC: qromʔ sklaɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPt prep Ntrack footprints > follow in the footsteps of NLZ
            接  jiē MC: tsjep OC: skebCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcausativecause to persist; cause to continueCH
            績  jī MC: tsek OC: skleeɡCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vt V[0]continue toCH
            攣  luán OC: b-ron MC: liɛn 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue; connect???
            業  yè OC: ŋab MC: ŋi̯ɐp 0 AttributionsWD

            Yè 業 refers primarily to the continuation of the trade or tradition of one's own forebears.

              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue the tradition of, inherit
            紀  jì OC: kɯʔ MC: kɨ 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue; reconnect
            纂  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue; carry on
            賡  gēng OC: kraaŋ MC: kɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNrare, archaic, SHU: continue on with; continue to have
            不息  bù xī OC: pɯʔ sqlɯɡ MC: pi̯ut sɨk 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPpostadVincessantly
            繼日  jì rì OC: keeɡs mljiɡ MC: kei ȵit 0 AttributionsWD
            • () p. 5744b

              連日 provides early examples from the Song

              Syntactic words
            • NPadVcontinuous days > continuously, day after day (poetry: with ommited main verb) [corr. CH]
            因  yīn OC: qin MC: ʔin 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vt+prep+Ncontinue (the tradition of N)
            • vtoNcontinue (a tradition)
            武  wǔ OC: mbaʔ MC: mi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue in the footsteps of
              Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNcontinue (corresponding to each other)CH

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