HSK 6 · Work

书记 shūji “secretary (of a party committee)” in Chinese

Traditional 書記

What 书记 means

  1. secretary (of a party committee)
  2. clerk
  3. secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)
  4. scribe

How to say 书记

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale书shū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own记jineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

书记 in a sentence

  1. 法院的书记员正在记录。

    Fǎyuàn de shūjiyuán zhèngzài jìlù.

    The court clerk is taking notes.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她在一家公司做书记员。

    Tā zài yì jiā gōngsī zuò shūjiyuán.

    She works as a clerk at a company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 书记 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 书 (shū) drawn as one shape
书shūbook

书 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 書: a hand holding a brush 聿 over words: to write, a book.

The character 记 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
记jìto recordlight in 书记
  • 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 书记

书 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.

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

Words related to 书记

Words with 书

书shū · book书店shūdiàn · bookstore读书dúshū · to read a book书包shūbāo · schoolbag图书馆túshūguǎn · library电子书diànzǐshū · e-book秘书mìshū · secretary书架shūjià · bookshelf书面shūmiàn · written证书zhèngshū · certificate

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)记录jìlù · to record

More words: Work & Career

上任shàngrèn · to take office事务shìwù · affairs事业shìyè · career手艺shǒuyì · craftsmanship提拔tíbá · to promote (to a higher post)徒弟túdì · apprentice外行wàiháng · layman委托wěituō · to entrust

FAQs

书记 (shūji) means “secretary (of a party committee)” or “clerk”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shūji: shū with a 1st tone, then ji with a neutral 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, 书记 is written 書記. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 书记 from the suggestions. Typing shuji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
书记 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.