guò

common

Meaning of 过继

过继 means to formally give one's son to a childless brother, cousin, or relative to be their heir; for a childless person to adopt a son from a brother, cousin, or relative. Pronounced guò jì.

  • to formally give one's son to a childless brother, cousin, or relative to be their heir; for a childless person to adopt a son from a brother, cousin, or relative

Definitions & Examples

méi
yǒu
ér
zi
 
biàn便
cóng
guò
le
hái
zi
 

Having no son of his own, he formally adopted a child from his eldest brother.

Àn
zhào
jiù
shí
 
guò
gěi
le
méi
yǒu
de
shū
shu
 

According to old customs, he was adopted by his childless uncle.

Zhè
jiā
rén
jué
dìng
guò
zhí
zi
lái
chéng
jiā
 

This family decided to adopt a nephew to inherit the family business.

Guò
shǒu
wán
chéng
hòu
 
hái
zi
jiù
zài
shàng
chéng
wéi
yǎng
de
ér
zi
 

After the adoption procedures were completed, the child legally became the son of his adoptive parents.