Usage of the character 嗣
sì
嗣
[嗣]
- succession (to a title)
- to inherit
- continuing (a tradition)
- posterity
hòusì
后嗣
[後嗣]
- heir
- descendant
- posterity
sìsuì
嗣岁
[嗣歲]
- the following year
- next year
sìxiǎng
嗣响
[嗣響]
- lit. a following echo
- fig. to continue (a tradition)
sìguó
嗣国
[嗣國]
- to accede to a throne
sìhòu
嗣后
[嗣後]
- from then on
- after
- afterwards
- thereafter
sìhuī
嗣徽
[嗣徽]
- heritage
- the continuation (of a tradition)
jìsì
继嗣
[繼嗣]
- to continue
- to continue a family line
- posterity
- heir
sìzǐ
嗣子
[嗣子]
- heir
- adopted son
zǐsì
子嗣
[子嗣]
- son
- heir
sìwèi
嗣位
[嗣位]
- to succeed to a title
- to inherit
Tán Sìtóng
谭嗣同
[譚嗣同]
- 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
Ní Sìchōng
倪嗣冲
[倪嗣沖]
- Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱／袁世凯 ( Yuán Shìkǎi) during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire