纪 (jì): record, discipline
纪 (jì) is a Chinese character meaning “record, discipline.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 己 (phonetic). It ranks #584 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 纪 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lèi, tired), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- record, discipline
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 纪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 年纪noun | nián jì | age | 5 |
| 世纪noun | shì jì | century | 4 |
| 纪念verb/noun | jì niàn | to commemorate | 5 |
| 纪录noun | jì lù | variant of 記錄|记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | 5 |
| 纪念日noun | jì niàn rì | day of commemoration | 5 |
| 纪律noun | jì lǜ | discipline | 6 |
| 纪录片noun | jì lù piàn | newsreel | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经纪人noun | jīng jì rén | broker |
| 纪念品noun | jì niàn pǐn | souvenir |
| 经纪verb | jīng jì | to manage (a business) |
| 中世纪noun | zhōng shì jì | medieval |
| 纪念碑noun | jì niàn bēi | monument |
| 纪念馆noun | jì niàn guǎn | memorial museum |
| 上年纪verb | shàng nián jì | (of a person) to get old |
| 纪实verb | jì shí | record of actual events |
| 新纪元noun | xīn jì yuán | new era |
| 纪念册noun | jì niàn cè | commemorative album |
| 纪念堂noun | jì niàn táng | memorial hall |
| 侏罗纪proper-noun | zhū luó jì | Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago) |
| 违纪verb | wéi jì | lack of discipline |
| 白垩纪proper-noun | bái è jì | Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) |
| 纪念章noun | jì niàn zhāng | memorial badge |
纪 appears in 98 compound words: 27 as the first character, 41 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 纪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
to have no regard for the law or discipline; to flagrantly violate the law or rules
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Showing 8 of 9 idioms containing 纪.
Example Sentences
请遵守会议纪律，不要随意打断别人的发言。
Qǐng zūnshǒu huìyì jìlǜ, búyào suíyì dǎduàn biérén de fāyán.
Please observe meeting discipline; don't interrupt others' speeches arbitrarily.
...男子4人雪车洛赫纳再登顶 马尔吉斯创5金纪录
. . . nán zǐ 4 rén xuě chē 洛 hè nà zài dēng dǐng mǎ ěr jí sī chuàng 5 jīn jì lù
... Men's 4-man bobsleigh Lochner reached the top again and Margis set a 5-gold record
...乐送“小强标本”引热议 台北动物园:限量纪念品
. . . lè sòng xiǎo qiáng biāo běn yǐn rè yì tái běi dòng wù yuán : xiàn liàng jì niàn pǐn
... Happy to send "Xiaoqiang specimens" to spark heated discussions Taipei Zoo: limited souvenirs
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guì zhōu yān huǒ qì 黔 wèi zhōng guó nián tiān yǎn jì lù huí jiā kāi wǎng chūn tiān . .
"Guizhou Fireworks and Qianwei Chinese Year" Tianyan Record Home|Drive to Spring:
...股三大期指集体走高 美联储将公布1月会议纪要|今..
. . . gǔ sān dà qī zhǐ jí tī zǒu gāo měi lián chǔ jiāng gōng bù yuè huì yì jì yāo jīn . .
... Three major stock futures indexes collectively higher Fed to release minutes of January meeting|Today...
欧洲斯托克600指数触及新纪录高位
ōu zhōu sī tuō kè zhǐ shǔ chù jí xīn jì lù gāo wèi
Europe's Stoxx 600 touches new record highs
明代十五世纪初紫禁城是北京的中心。
Míngdài shíwǔ shìjì chū Zǐjìnchéng shì Běijīng de zhōngxīn.
In the Ming Dynasty (early 15th century) the centre of Beijing was the Forbidden City.
立刻联络你的经纪人。
Lìkè liánluò nǐ de jīngjìrén.
Get in touch with your agent right away.
我们必须遵纪守法。
Wǒmen bìxū zūn jì shǒufǎ.
We ought to obey the law.
她允许了我对她的访问纪录。
Tā yǔnxǔ le wǒ duì tā de fǎngwèn jìlù.
She gave me access to her records.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 纟 (thread) component
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