HSK 5 · Work

编辑 biānjí “to edit” in Chinese

Traditional 編輯

What 编辑 means

  1. to edit
  2. to compile
  3. editor
  4. compiler

How to say 编辑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale编biān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale辑jí2nd tone, rising

编辑 in a sentence

  1. 我们应该对人使用基因编辑吗？

    Wǒmen yīnggāi duì rén shǐyòng jīyīn biānjí ma?

    Should we use gene editing on people?

    Sentence #9970747 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 编辑 can also mean “an editor”

    你不想做编辑？

    Nǐ bùxiǎng zuò biānjí?

    Don’t you want to be an editor?

    Sentence #5670859 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 编辑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 编 (biān) with each of its parts in a different colour
编biānto weave
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 扁flat · biǎnSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 扁 (biǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with biān.

The character 辑 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
辑jíto gather up
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 咠to whisper · qìSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 咠 (qì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

How to write 编辑

编 12 strokes · 辑 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

编辑 (biānjí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 编辑 (biānjí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 编辑

Words with 编

编织biānzhī · to knit

Words with 辑

逻辑luójí · logic

More words: Work & Career

报到bàodào · to report for duty报告bàogào · to inform部门bùmén · department辞职cízhí · to resign从事cóngshì · to engage in打工dǎgōng · to work a casual or part-time job资深zīshēn · senior作风zuòfēng · style (of work)

FAQs

编辑 (biānjí) means “to edit” or “to compile”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it biānjí: biān with a 1st tone, then jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 编辑 is written 編輯. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 编辑 from the suggestions. Typing bianji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
编辑 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.