HSK 4 · Work

记者 jìzhě “reporter” in Chinese

Traditional 記者

What 记者 means

  1. reporter
  2. journalist

Measure word 个 gè · 一个记者 yí ge jìzhě

How to say 记者

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale者zhě3rd tone, dipping

记者 in a sentence

  1. 我想成为记者。

    Wǒ xiǎng chéngwéi jìzhě.

    I want to be a journalist.

    Sentence #2782527 from Tatoeba

  2. 我男朋友是个记者。

    Wǒ nánpéngyou shì ge jìzhě.

    My boyfriend is a journalist.

    Sentence #2318411 from Tatoeba

  3. 房间挤满了等待发布会开始的记者。

    Fángjiān jǐmǎn le děngdài fābùhuì kāishǐ de jìzhě.

    The room was jam-packed with reporters waiting for the press conference to begin.

    Sentence #818836 from Tatoeba

How 记者 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 者 (zhě) with each of its parts in a different colour
者zhěone who …
  • 耂old form of 老 · lǎo
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 记者

记 5 strokes · 者 8 strokes

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

Words related to 记者

Words with 记

记jì · to remember记得jìde · remember忘记wàngjì · forget笔记bǐjì · notes笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook日记rìjì · diary记忆jìyì · to remember登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)记录jìlù · to record记载jìzǎi · to record

Words with 者

或者huòzhě · or者zhě · (suffix) person who …作者zuòzhě · author志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer患者huànzhě · patient

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工资gōngzī · wages顾客gùkè · customer管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise护士hùshi · nurse加班jiābān · to work overtime价格jiàgé · price奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus经济jīngjì · economy

FAQs

记者 (jìzhě) means “reporter” or “journalist”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jìzhě: jì with a 4th tone, then zhě with a 3rd 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, 记者 is written 記者. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one reporter is 一个记者 (yí ge jìzhě).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jizhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 记者 from the suggestions. Typing jizhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
记者 is an HSK 4 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.