HSK 5 · Verbs

记录 jìlù “to record” in Chinese

Traditional 記錄

What 记录 means

  1. to record
  2. record (written account)
  3. record (esp. a written account)
  4. notetaker
  5. record (e.g. in sports)

How to say 记录

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

记录 in a sentence

  1. 她把每一样买了的东西都记录起来。

    Tā bǎ měi yí yàng mǎi le de dōngxi dōu jìlù qǐlai.

    She keeps a record of everything she buys.

    Sentence #905089 from Tatoeba

  2. 请把他所说的记录下来。

    Qǐng bǎ tā suǒ shuō de jìlù xiàlai.

    Please write down what he says.

    Sentence #1743571 from Tatoeba

  3. 这些记录不对公众开放。

    Zhèxiē jìlù bú duì gōngzhòng kāifàng.

    Those records are not accessible to the public.

    Sentence #779008 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 记录 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 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.

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 记录

记 5 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.

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

Words related to 记录

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登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)记载jìzǎi · to record

Words with 录

纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting 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: Common Verbs

挥huī · to wave及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test集中jízhōng · to concentrate计算jìsuàn · to count捡jiǎn · to pick up建立jiànlì · to establish建设jiànshè · to build讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about

FAQs

记录 (jìlù) means “to record” or “record (written account)”. 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, 记录 is written 記錄. 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 记录 from the suggestions. Typing jilu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
记录 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.