HSK 6 · Work

备忘录 bèiwànglù “memorandum” in Chinese

Traditional 備忘錄

What 备忘录 means

  1. memorandum
  2. memo
  3. aide-memoire
  4. memorandum book

How to say 备忘录

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale备bèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale忘wàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale录lù4th tone, falling

备忘录 in a sentence

  1. 我把要做的事情都写在手机备忘录里。

    Wǒ bǎ yào zuò de shìqing dōu xiě zài shǒujī bèiwànglù lǐ.

    I write everything I need to do in the notes app on my phone.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 双方签了一份合作备忘录。

    Shuāngfāng qiān le yí fèn hézuò bèiwànglù.

    The two sides signed a memorandum of cooperation.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 备忘录 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 备 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
备bèito prepare; to equip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 田field · tián
The character 忘 (wàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
忘wàngto forget
  • 亡death · wángSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 亡 (wáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with wàng.

Memory aidSomething lost 亡 from the heart 心: to forget.

The character 录 (lù) with each of its parts in a different colour
录lùto carve wood
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 氺part of the character

How to write 备忘录

备 8 strokes · 忘 7 strokes · 录 8 strokes

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

Words related to 备忘录

Words with 备

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare责备zébèi · to blame具备jùbèi · to possess设备shèbèi · equipment戒备jièbèi · to guard against配备pèibèi · to equip完备wánbèi · complete筹备chóubèi · to prepare储备chǔbèi · reserves备份bèifèn · to back up

Words with 忘

忘wàng · to forget忘记wàngjì · forget废寝忘食fèiqǐnwàngshí · so absorbed one forgets to eat and sleep

Words with 录

纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)记录jìlù · to record录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)目录mùlù · catalogue录音lùyīn · to record (sound)登录dēnglù · to log in

More words: Work & Career

把关bǎguān · to check (quality)报酬bàochou · pay保姆bǎomǔ · nanny报销bàoxiāo · to claim reimbursement才干cáigàn · ability裁员cáiyuán · to cut staff操劳cāoláo · to work hard策划cèhuà · to plan

FAQs

备忘录 (bèiwànglù) means “memorandum” or “memo”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bèiwànglù: bèi with a 4th tone, then wàng with a 4th tone, then lù 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, 备忘录 is written 備忘錄. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beiwanglu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 备忘录 from the suggestions. Typing beiwanglu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
备忘录 is an HSK 6 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.