傳宗接代 [传－－－]

Jyutping cyun4 zung1 zip3 doi6
Pinyin chuán zōng jiē dài

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to carry on one's ancestral line
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    去​生育​下一代​；​去​生仔​；​多數​係​指​生育​男​嘅​小朋友​去​繼承​家族​，​因為​傳統​上​嚟​講​只有​男性​先​可以​將​姓氏​傳落​下一代
    to produce offspring; usually, to produce a male heir to continue the family line
    • 阿媽話得我一粒仔，傳宗接代就靠晒我喎。
      阿妈话得我一粒仔，传宗接代就靠晒我㖞。
      aa3 maa1 waa6 dak1 ngo5 jat1 nap1 zai2, cyun4 zung1 zip3 doi6 zau6 kaau3 saai3 ngo5 wo5.
      Mom said she has only me as a son. The continuation of our family line is on me.
  2. 近義詞
    繼後香燈
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to carry on one's ancestral line; to go on from generation to generation
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    阿妈话得我一粒仔，传宗接代就靠晒我㖞。
    阿媽話得我一粒仔，傳宗接代就靠晒我喎。
    aa3 maa1 waa6 dak1 ngo5 jat1 nap1 zai2, cyun4 zung1 zip3 doi6 zau6 kaau3 saai3 ngo5 wo5.
    • Mom said she has only me as a son. The continuation of our family line is on me.
  2. Cantonese
    传宗接代
    傳宗接代
    cyun4 zung1 zip3 doi6
    • to produce offspring