HSK 3.0 Level 3 · School

笔记 bǐjì “notes” in Chinese

Traditional 筆記

What 笔记 means

  1. notes
  2. to take notes
  3. to take down (in writing)
  4. a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches

Measure word 本 běn · 一本笔记 yì běn bǐjì

How to say 笔记

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale笔bǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale记jì4th tone, falling

笔记 in a sentence

  1. 我想借你的笔记用一下。

    Wǒ xiǎng jiè nǐ de bǐjì yòng yíxià.

    I’d like to borrow your notes for a bit.

    Sentence #756871 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你应该做笔记。

    Nǐ yīnggāi zuò bǐjì.

    You should take notes.

    Sentence #5571039 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我把笔记放在宿舍了，现在回去拿。

    Wǒ bǎ bǐjì fàng zài sùshè le, xiànzài huíqu ná.

    I left my notes in the dorm. I’ll go back and get them now.

    Sentence #756873 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 笔记 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 笔 (bǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 毛fur · máo

Memory aidBamboo ⺮ with hair 毛: a brush, a pen.

The character 记 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
记jìto record
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 己self · jǐ

Memory aidSpeech 讠 with 己 (jǐ) for the sound: to note down, to remember.

How to write 笔记

笔 10 strokes · 记 5 strokes

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

Words related to 笔记

Words with 笔

笔bǐ · pen铅笔qiānbǐ · pencil笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook

Words with 记

记jì · to remember记得jìde · remember忘记wàngjì · forget笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook记者jìzhě · reporter日记rìjì · diary记忆jìyì · to remember登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)记录jìlù · to record记载jìzǎi · to record

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放假fàngjià · to have a holiday初中chūzhōng · junior high school放学fàngxué · to finish school (for the day)画家huàjiā · painter休假xiūjià · to take leave班级bānjí · class (of students)课本kèběn · textbook字典zìdiǎn · dictionary (of characters)

FAQs

笔记 (bǐjì) means “notes” or “to take notes”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it bǐjì: bǐ with a 3rd tone, then jì with a 4th 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, 笔记 is written 筆記. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 本 (běn). For example, one notes is 一本笔记 (yì běn bǐjì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 笔记 from the suggestions. Typing biji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
笔记 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.