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纪

jì

HSK 4 Character Traditional 紀

What 纪 means

1. order
2. discipline
3. age
4. era
5. period
6. to chronicle

Other readings

纪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jǐsurname Ji; also pr. Jì

Example sentences

• 他破了世界纪录。
  Tā pò le shìjièjìlù.
  He broke the world record.
• 他生于19世纪。
  He was born in the 19th century.
• 汤姆年纪比我大。
  Tom is older than I.
• 她年纪比汤姆大。
  She's older than Tom.
• 我比他年纪还大。
  I am yet older than he is.
• 周年纪念很重要。
  Anniversaries are important.

Words starting with 纪

• 纪念jì niànto commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir
• 纪律jì lǜdiscipline
• 纪要jì yàominutes; written summary of a meeting
• 纪元jì yuáncalendar era; epoch
• 纪录片jì lù piànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program)
• 纪念碑jì niàn bēimonument
• 纪念品jì niàn pǐnsouvenir; memento
• 纪实jì shírecord of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional)
• 纪念馆jì niàn guǎnmemorial hall; commemorative museum
• 纪念日jì niàn rìday of commemoration; memorial day
• 纪念堂jì niàn tángmemorial hall; mausoleum
• 纪委jì wěidiscipline inspection commission
• 纪检jì jiǎndisciplinary inspection; to inspect another's discipline
• 纪念册jì niàn cècommemorative album; autograph book; (graduation) yearbook
• 纪念章jì niàn zhāngmemorial badge; souvenir badge
• 纪念邮票jì niàn yóu piàocommemorative postage stamp
• 纪念币jì niàn bìcommemorative coin
• 纪年jì niánto number the years; calendar era; annals
• 纪伯伦Jì bó lúnKhalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist
• 纪传体jì zhuàn tǐhistory genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
• 纪元前jì yuán qiánbefore the common era (BC)
• 纪念奖jì niàn jiǎngtrophy
• 纪念钞jì niàn chāocommemorative banknote
• 纪昀Jì YúnJi Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely…

Words containing 纪

• 世纪shì jìcentury
• 年纪nián jìage
• 经纪人jīng jì rénbroker; middleman; agent
• 中世纪zhōng shì jìmedieval; Middle Ages
• 世纪末shì jì mòend of the century
• 违纪wéi jìlack of discipline; to break a rule; to violate discipline
• 经纪jīng jìto manage (a business); manager; broker
• 中纪委Zhōng jì wěiCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which…
• 新纪元xīn jì yuánnew era; new epoch
• 创世纪chuàng shì jìcreation myth
• 政纪zhèng jìrules for political staff; political discipline
• 本纪běn jìbiographic sketch of an emperor
• 法纪fǎ jìlaw and order; rules and discipline
• 考纪kǎo jìexamination discipline; (Taiwan) performance assessment and discipline (abbr. for 考核
• 风纪fēng jìstandard of behavior; moral standards; discipline
• 上年纪shàng nián jì(of a person) to get old
• 全新纪Quán xīn jì(geology) the Holocene Epoch
• 大纪元Dà Jì yuánEpoch Times, US newspaper
• 始新纪shǐ xīn jìEocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
• 上了年纪shàng le nián jìto be getting on in years; to be of the older generation
• 世界纪录shì jiè jì lùworld record
• 列王纪上Liè wáng jì shàngFirst book of Kings
• 列王纪下Liè wáng jì xiàSecond book of Kings
• 受难纪念shòu nán jì niànmemorial

Characters built on 己

These share the phonetic component 己 (jǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 已yǐalready; to stop; then
• 记jìto record; to note; to memorize
• 忌jìto be jealous of; fear; dread
• 岂qǐhow? (emphatic question)
• 杞qǐChinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow
• 圮pǐdestroyed; injure
• 芑qǐPanicum miliaceum
• 屺qǐ(literary) a barren hill

Characters that look like 纪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 犯fànto violate; to offend; to assault
• 托tuōto hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm…
• 奶nǎibreast; milk; to breastfeed
• 妃fēiimperial concubine
• 杞qǐChinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow
• 纨wán(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 记to record; to note; to memorize
• 既already; since; both... (and...)
• 季season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 绩to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 际border; edge; boundary
• 计to calculate; to compute; to count
• 技skill
• 济to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 继to continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 寄to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 迹(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 寂silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. jí