HSK 4 · Objects

日记 rìjì “diary” in Chinese

Traditional 日記

What 日记 means

  1. diary

Measure word 则 zé or 本 běn · 一则日记 yì zé rìjì

How to say 日记

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale日rì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale记jì4th tone, falling

日记 in a sentence

  1. 写日记是一个好习惯。

    Xiě rìjì shì yí ge hǎo xíguàn.

    Keeping a diary is a good habit.

    Sentence #815018 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我爸爸每天都记日记。

    Wǒ bàba měitiān dōu jì rìjì.

    My dad writes in his diary every day.

    Sentence #345920 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 是谁趁我不在的时候看我的日记？

    Shì shéi chèn wǒ bú zài de shíhou kàn wǒ de rìjì?

    Who read my diary while I was out?

    Sentence #410682 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 日记 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 日 (rì) with each of its parts in a different colour
日rìsun
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from the sun.

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 日记

日 4 strokes · 记 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 日记

Words with 日

星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday日rì · day生日shēngrì · birthday节日jiérì · holiday工作日gōngzuòrì · working day日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date日子rìzi · day日程rìchéng · schedule日常rìcháng · day-to-day

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记忆jìyì · to remember登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)记录jìlù · to record记载jìzǎi · to record

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情况qíngkuàng · circumstances区别qūbié · difference缺点quēdiǎn · weak point任务rènwu · mission沙发shāfā · sofa数量shùliàng · amount数字shùzì · numeral速度sùdù · speed

FAQs

日记 (rìjì) means “diary”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it rìjì: rì with a 4th 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, 日记 is written 日記. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 则 (zé) or 本 (běn). For example, one diary is 一则日记 (yì zé rìjì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type riji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 日记 from the suggestions. Typing riji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
日记 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.