承 chéng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
承接
chéngjiē
to connect with; to carry on; to undertake
Characters in this word
接 jiē
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 妾 concubine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 新政策需要承接上一轮改革的成果，不能另起炉灶。 Xīn zhèngcè xūyào chéngjiē shàng yì lún gǎigé de chéngguǒ, bù néng lìng qǐ lúzào. The new policy needs to carry forward the achievements of the previous round of reform, rather than start again from scratch.
- 这家小公司承接了一批新的订单，大家都很忙。 Zhè jiā xiǎo gōngsī chéngjiē le yì pī xīn de dìngdān, dàjiā dōu hěn máng. This small company took on a batch of new orders and everyone is busy.
- 这一章承接上一章的故事，读起来很自然。 Zhè yì zhāng chéngjiē shàng yì zhāng de gùshi, dú qǐlai hěn zìrán. This chapter continues the previous chapter's story and reads very naturally.
Related words
- 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
- 秉承 bǐngchéng to inherit and carry on; to uphold
- 承包 chéngbāo to contract for; to undertake a contracted project
- 承载 chéngzài to carry; to bear; to embody
- 接 jiē to pick up; to answer
- 接到 jiēdào to receive