世襲罔替

Chinese

		to inherit; to succeed
trad. (世襲罔替)		世襲	罔替
simp. (世袭罔替)		世袭	罔替

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìxíwǎngtì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄒㄧˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄊㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìxíwǎngtì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄒㄧˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhsíwǎngtì
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hsi²-wang³-tʻi⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-syí-wǎng-tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshyiwoangtih
    • Palladius: шисиванти (šisivanti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi⁵¹/

Verb

世襲罔替

1. (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family