HSK 5 · Verbs

纪念 jìniàn “to commemorate” in Chinese

Traditional 紀念

What 纪念 means

  1. to commemorate
  2. souvenir
  3. memento
  4. to honour the memory of
  5. keepsake

How to say 纪念

  • 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念niàn4th tone, falling

纪念 in a sentence

  1. 端午节是纪念屈原的。

    Duānwǔjié shì jìniàn Qū Yuán de.

    The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan.

    Sentence #5687432 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他带回了一些纪念品。

    Tā dàihuí le yìxiē jìniànpǐn.

    He brought back some souvenirs.

    Sentence #834411 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 周年纪念很重要。

    Zhōunián jìniàn hěn zhòngyào.

    Anniversaries are important.

    Sentence #6585429 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 纪念 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 念 (niàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
念niànto read
  • 今modern · jīn
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 纪念

纪 6 strokes · 念 8 strokes

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

Words related to 纪念

Words with 纪

世纪shìjì · century年纪niánjì · age纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)纪律jìlǜ · discipline纪要jìyào · summary

Words with 念

念niàn · to read aloud观念guānniàn · notion想念xiǎngniàn · to miss怀念huáiniàn · to cherish the memory of概念gàiniàn · concept留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento思念sīniàn · to miss悬念xuánniàn · suspense信念xìnniàn · belief

More words: Thinking & Talking

忽视hūshì · to neglect胡说húshuō · to talk nonsense幻想huànxiǎng · to fantasise记忆jìyì · to remember假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse据说jùshuō · it is said that

FAQs

纪念 (jìniàn) means “to commemorate” or “souvenir”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jìniàn: jì with a 4th tone, then niàn 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, 纪念 is written 紀念. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纪念 from the suggestions. Typing jinian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纪念 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.