| 继承人 | jì chéng rén | heir / successor |   |
| 接班人 | jiē bān rén | successor | |
| 继任 | jì rèn | to succeed sb in a job / successor | |
| 继承者 | jì chéng zhě | successor | |
| 后任 | hòu rèn | successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future / subsequent | |
| 继任者 | jì rèn zhě | successor | |
| 接棒人 | jiē bàng rén | successor | |
| 苗子 | miáo zi | young successor / seedling / sapling | |
| 蜀汉 | Shǔ Hàn | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han | |
| 交卸 | jiāo xiè | to hand over to a successor / to relinquish one's office | |
| 倭马亚王朝 | Wō mǎ yà Wáng cháo | Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate | |
| 溥俊 | Pǔ jùn | a Qing prince who was the designated successor to emperor Guangxu until the Boxer uprising | |
| 阿拔斯王朝 | A1 bá sī Wáng cháo | Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate | |
| 维和后续安排 | | successor arrangements to peacekeeping | |
| 继承国 | | successor State | |
| 研究支助费用后续安排和有关问题专家组 | | Expert Group on the Study of Successor Arrangements for Support Costs and Related Issues | |
| 机构支助费用后续安排机构间工作队 | | Inter-Agency Task Force on Successor Arrangements for Agency Support Costs | |
