HSK 5 · Society

纪律 jìlǜ “discipline” in Chinese

Traditional 紀律

What 纪律 means

  1. discipline

How to say 纪律

    纪律 in a sentence

    1. 上课要遵守纪律。

      Shàngkè yào zūnshǒu jìlǜ.

      You have to follow the rules in class.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    2. 这个班的纪律很好。

      Zhè ge bān de jìlǜ hěn hǎo.

      This class is very well behaved.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    How 纪律 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 纪 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
    纪jìorder
    • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
    • 己self · jǐSound part

    纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 己 (jǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    The character 律 (lǜ) with each of its parts in a different colour
    律lǜlaw
    • 彳step · chì
    • 聿brush · yù

    How to write 纪律

    纪 6 strokes · 律 9 strokes

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

    Words related to 纪律

    Words with 纪

    世纪shìjì · century年纪niánjì · age纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)纪念jìniàn · to commemorate纪要jìyào · summary

    Words with 律

    律师lǜshī · lawyer法律fǎlǜ · law规律guīlǜ · rule (e.g. of science)一律yílǜ · without exception旋律xuánlǜ · melody

    More words: Society & Law

    华裔Huáyì · ethnic Chinese婚礼hūnlǐ · wedding ceremony婚姻hūnyīn · marriage集体jítǐ · collective (decision)军事jūnshì · military affairs雷léi · thunder理论lǐlùn · theory命令mìnglìng · order

    FAQs

    纪律 (jìlǜ) means “discipline”. It is an HSK 5 word.
    Say it jìlǜ: jìlǜ. 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, 纪律 is written 紀律. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jilu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纪律 from the suggestions. Typing jilu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    纪律 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.