秉 bǐng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 彐 snout
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
秉承
bǐngchéng
to inherit and carry on; to uphold
Characters in this word
承 chéng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 本校秉承兼容并包的办学传统，不把学生限制在单一评价体系里。 Běnxiào bǐngchéng jiānróng bìngbāo de bànxué chuántǒng, bù bǎ xuéshēng xiànzhì zài dānyī píngjià tǐxì lǐ. Our school upholds an inclusive educational tradition and does not confine students to a single evaluation system.
- 他秉承父亲的做人原则，一生都诚实守信。 Tā bǐngchéng fùqīn de zuòrén yuánzé, yìshēng dōu chéngshí shǒuxìn. He carried on his father's principles of conduct and stayed honest and trustworthy all his life.
- 这家老店秉承祖辈的手艺，做的点心还是原来的味道。 Zhè jiā lǎo diàn bǐngchéng zǔbèi de shǒuyì, zuò de diǎnxin hái shi yuánlái de wèidao. This old shop carries on its ancestors' craft, and its pastries still taste the way they used to.
Related words
- 秉持 bǐngchí to uphold; to maintain
- 承担 chéngdān to take on
- 承认 chéngrèn to admit
- 承受 chéngshòu to bear; to endure
- 承办 chéngbàn to organize; to undertake
- 继承 jìchéng to inherit; to carry on
- 承诺 chéngnuò to promise, to commit
- 传承 chuánchéng to inherit and carry forward
- 承包 chéngbāo to contract for; to undertake a contracted project
- 承接 chéngjiē to connect with; to carry on; to undertake
- 承载 chéngzài to carry; to bear; to embody
- 发扬 fāyáng to carry forward; to develop