HSK 6 · Media

传记 zhuànjì “biography” in Chinese

Traditional 傳記

What 传记 means

  1. biography

Measure word 篇 piān or 部 bù · 一篇传记 yì piān zhuànjì

How to say 传记

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale传zhuàn4th 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

传记 in a sentence

  1. 我在读一本名人传记。

    Wǒ zài dú yì běn míngrén zhuànjì.

    I’m reading a biography of a famous person.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这部电影是根据他的传记拍的。

    Zhè bù diànyǐng shì gēnjù tā de zhuànjì pāi de.

    This film is based on his biography.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 传记 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 传 (chuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
传zhuànbiography
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 专concentrated · zhuānSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 专 (zhuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuàn.

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 传记

传 6 strokes · 记 5 strokes

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

Words related to 传记

Words with 传

传真chuánzhēn · fax传染chuánrǎn · to infect宣传xuānchuán · to publicise传播chuánbō · to disseminate流传liúchuán · to spread传统chuántǒng · tradition传说chuánshuō · legend遗传yíchuán · genetic传达chuándá · to convey传授chuánshòu · to teach

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: Media & Arts

报社bàoshè · newspaper office播放bōfàng · to broadcast博物馆bówùguǎn · museum寓言yùyán · fable杂技zájì · acrobatics造型zàoxíng · shape直播zhíbō · live broadcast著作zhùzuò · written work

FAQs

传记 (zhuànjì) means “biography”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuànjì: zhuàn 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, 传记 is written 傳記. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 篇 (piān) or 部 (bù). For example, one biography is 一篇传记 (yì piān zhuànjì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuanji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 传记 from the suggestions. Typing zhuanji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
传记 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.