沿襲

See also: 沿袭

Chinese

		riverside (with ‑r); along	inherit; raid; suit of clothes
trad. (沿襲)		沿	襲
simp. (沿袭)		沿	袭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánxí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ zaap⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-si̍p / iân-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánsí
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-hsi²
  - Yale: yán-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshyi
  - Palladius: яньси (janʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ɕi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    沿襲 / 沿袭
    研習 / 研习
    筵席
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ zaap⁶
  - Yale: yùhn jaahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dzaap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ zab⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡saːp̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-si̍p
  - Tâi-lô: iân-si̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iensip
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² sip̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ sip̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² sip̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ sip̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: iân-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iensit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/

Verb

沿襲

to carry on (a custom, tradition, etc); to follow

Synonyms

仍 (réng) (literary, or in compounds)
因襲 / 因袭 (yīnxí)
承襲 / 承袭 (chéngxí)