相继

相繼

xiāngjì

adverb HSK 7-9 #23,155

Meanings

几家公司相继倒闭了。

Jǐ jiā gōngsī xiāngjì dǎobì le.

Several companies went bankrupt one after another.

多个国家相继宣布了新政策。

Duō gè guójiā xiāngjì xuānbù le xīn zhèngcè.

Multiple countries successively announced new policies.

学生们相继离开了教室。

Xuéshēng men xiāngjì líkāi le jiàoshì.

The students left the classroom one after another.

相继 is a formal/written adverb. In spoken Chinese, 一个接一个 (yī gè jiē yī gè) or 陆续 (lùxù) are more common alternatives.

相 xiāng

继 jì