Chinese symbol for “successor”
接班人
jiē bān rén
successor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for successor is 接班人 (jiē bān rén), defined as: successor.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “successor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后任 (後任) | hòu rèn | successor; to take up a position subsequently as ... |
| 继任者 (繼任者) | jì rèn zhě | successor |
| 继承者 (繼承者) | jì chéng zhě | successor |
| 接棒人 | jiē bàng rén | successor |
| 继承人 (繼承人) | jì chéng rén | heir; successor |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 接班人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 链接 (鏈接) | liàn jiē | to link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink |
| 接触 (接觸) | jiē chù | to touch; to contact |
| 接近 | jiē jìn | to approach; to get close to |
| 连接 (連接) | lián jiē | to link; to join; to connect |
| 上班 | shàng bān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 航班 | háng bān | (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “successor”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.