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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Jǐ | Ji3
English translation
surname Ji
also pr. [Jì]
discipline
age
era
period
order
record
discipline, age; period, era; record, annal

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟己

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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蹲过监狱 jiānyù de 纪录 jìlù 或许 huòxǔ huì bèi chū lái ,成为 chéngwéi 利于 lì yú 你的因素 yīnsù .

Your prison record may be brought up against you.

zài Zhōng 世纪 shìjì , 哲学 zhéxué 神学 shén xué shì fēn de .

In the Middle Ages, philosophy and theology were inextricable.

首先 shǒuxiān , zuò 这种 zhè zhǒng 工作 gōngzuò 年纪 niánjì Huán tài qīng .

To begin with, she is too young for that kind of job.

我们 wǒmen dòu Guò piān 叙述 xùshù 本杰明 Běn jié míng ·富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín 生平 shēng píng de 真实 zhēnshí 纪事.

We read a historical account of Benjamin Franklin 's life.

mǎi le 这个 zhè ge xiǎo 作为 zuòwéi Yóu 西班牙 Xī bān yá de 纪念品 jì niàn pǐn .

I bought this little pot as a souvenir of Spain.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
世纪 shìjì century世紀
年纪 niánjì age年紀
纪念 jìniàn to commemorate紀念
纪录 jìlù to record紀錄
经纪人 jīng jì rén broker經紀人
纪律 jìlǜ discipline紀律
order
经纪 jīng jì manager經紀
纪念日 jì niàn rì memorial day紀念日
纪念品 jì niàn pǐn souvenir紀念品
纪录片 jì lù piàn newsreel紀錄片
中世纪 zhōng shì jì medieval中世紀
纪委 jì wěi discipline inspection commission紀委
纪检 jì jiǎn disciplinary inspection紀檢
纪念碑 jì niàn bēi monument紀念碑
违纪 wéi jì lack of discipline違紀
纪念馆 jì niàn guǎn memorial hall紀念館
世界纪录 shì jiè jì lù world record世界紀錄
纪实 jì shí record of actual events紀實
纪要 jìyào minutes紀要
新纪元 Xīn jì yuán new era新紀元
中纪委 Zhōng jì wěi abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会 Zhōng Gòng Zhōng yāng Jì lǜ Jiǎn chá Wěi yuán huì 中紀委

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