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继续 (繼續)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

继续 [jìxù]
  1. 1. verb continue
    你们要继续努力。
    You must continue to work hard.
    我们继续昨天的话题接着谈。
    We'll continue with the topic we discussed yesterday.
    身体痊愈后，他继续工作。
    After he recovered he went back to work.
    我们继续往下读。
    Let's read on.
  2. 2. noun continuation

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

继续 [jìxù]
  1. 1. continue; go on; proceed; pursue; resume; keep up
    继续工作
    continue working
    继续有效
    remain valid; remain in force
    继续执政
    continue in office; remain in power
    会议继续到深夜。
    The meeting went on till late at night.
    无论发生什么事情，你都要继续努力。
    别停下，继续跑。
    继续哭，你停下来我就打死你。
    裁判示意比赛继续。
  2. 2. continuation
    中国革命是伟大的十月革命的继续。
    The Chinese revolution is a continuation of the great October Revolution.
    这次大会是三中全会的继续。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

继续 [jìxù]
  1. 1. 动 延续下去;不间断地进行
    这种状况继续了很长时间。
  2. 2. 名 与某事有连续关系的另一件事
    姜维九伐中原是诸葛亮六出祁山的继续。
  3. 3. 参见"持续"的提示。
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Examples

他沉默了一会儿又继续说下去。
After a moment's silence he went on. → 沉默
我们告别了这个地方，继续向前进。
We left the place and went on with our journey. → 告别
怙恶不悛，继续做坏事
remain impenitent and keep up one's evildoing → 怙恶不悛
两军会合后继续前进。
The two armies joined forces and marched on. → 会合
他毫不理睬某些人的讥笑，继续进行试验。
Completely ignoring some people's sneers, he went on with his experiments. → 讥笑
继续工作
continue working → 继续
继续有效
remain valid; remain in force → 继续
继续执政
continue in office; remain in power → 继续
会议继续到深夜。
The meeting went on till late at night. → 继续
中国革命是伟大的十月革命的继续。
The Chinese revolution is a continuation of the great October Revolution. → 继续
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Collocations

继续不停
to continue doing something
继续下去
go on
继续工作
to keep working
还在继续
to still continue

Word Decomposition

继
[jì] 		+ 续
[xù]

nciku Note

连续 vs. 继续

两个词都有连接不断的意思。但词性不同。
Both words can mean “ceaselessly,” but they are of different parts of speech.
1.“连续”是副词，表示接连不断，一个接一个地。
（1）他已经连续熬夜好几天了。
（2）他连续两次在乒乓球赛中夺冠。
（3）连续批阅了好几十份文件，他感到有点累了。

2.“继续”是动词，表示活动不停止，延续下去。
继续 is a verb, meaning “something (an action, etc.) does not stop, but keeps on going.”
（1）他点了根烟，继续写文章。
（2）已经下了一天的雨了，明天还会继续下吗？

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