HSK 5 · Verbs

登记 dēngjì “to register (one’s name)” in Chinese

Traditional 登記

What 登记 means

  1. to register (one’s name)

How to say 登记

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale登dēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale记jì4th tone, falling

登记 in a sentence

  1. 先生，请出示护照或者身份证，让我登记一下。

    Xiānsheng, qǐng chūshì hùzhào huòzhě shēnfènzhèng, ràng wǒ dēngjì yíxià.

    Sir, please show your passport or ID card so I can register you.

    Sentence #420454 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我来登记之前你可以先帮我看管行李吗？

    Wǒ lái dēngjì zhīqián nǐ kěyǐ xiān bāng wǒ kānguǎn xíngli ma?

    Could you look after my bags for me until I check in?

    Sentence #350543 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 登记 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 登 (dēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
登dēngto scale
  • 癶footsteps · bōMeaning part
  • 豆bean · dòuSound part

癶 hints at the meaning (footsteps); 豆 (dòu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dēng.

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 登记

登 12 strokes · 记 5 strokes

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

Words related to 登记

Words with 登

登机牌dēngjīpái · boarding pass攀登pāndēng · to climb登录dēnglù · to log in刊登kāndēng · to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)登陆dēnglù · to land

Words with 记

记jì · to remember记得jìde · remember忘记wàngjì · forget笔记bǐjì · notes笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook记者jìzhě · reporter日记rìjì · diary记忆jìyì · to remember记录jìlù · to record记载jìzǎi · to record

More words: Common Verbs

耽误dānwu · to delay挡dǎng · to block导致dǎozhì · to lead to到达dàodá · to reach等待děngdài · to wait等于děngyú · to equal滴dī · a drop递dì · to hand over

FAQs

登记 (dēngjì) means “to register (one’s name)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dēngjì: dēng with a 1st 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, 登记 is written 登記. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dengji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 登记 from the suggestions. Typing dengji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
登记 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.