HSK 5 · Sport

纪录 jìlù “record (e.g. a sporting record)” in Chinese

Traditional 紀錄

What 纪录 means

  1. record (e.g. a sporting record)
  2. to record
  3. (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense “record (e.g. in sports)”. In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferred for noun senses, while 記錄 is generally preferred for the verb sense.)

How to say 纪录

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale纪jì4th 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

纪录 in a sentence

  1. 他破了世界纪录。

    Tā pò le shìjiè jìlù.

    He broke the world record.

    Sentence #5926221 from Tatoeba

  2. 这部有关环境危机的纪录片真是令人大开眼界。

    Zhè bù yǒuguān huánjìng wēijī de jìlùpiàn zhēn shì lìngrén dàkāiyǎnjiè.

    That documentary about the environmental crisis was a real eye-opener.

    Sentence #780388 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 纪录 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 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 jì.

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 纪录

纪 6 strokes · 录 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 纪录

Words with 纪

世纪shìjì · century年纪niánjì · age纪念jìniàn · to commemorate纪律jìlǜ · discipline纪要jìyào · summary

Words with 录

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备忘录bèiwànglù · memorandum

More words: Sport & Leisure

冠军guànjūn · champion合影héyǐng · to take a joint photo划huá · to row健身jiànshēn · to work out教练jiàoliàn · instructor俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)决赛juésài · finals (of a competition)球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)

FAQs

纪录 (jìlù) means “record (e.g. a sporting record)” or “to record”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jìlù: jì 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, 纪录 is written 紀錄. 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 纪录 from the suggestions. Typing jilu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纪录 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.