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踪迹 zōngjì “trace” in Chinese

Traditional 蹤跡

What 踪迹 means

  1. trace
  2. tracks
  3. trail
  4. footprint
  5. vestige

How to say 踪迹

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale踪zōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迹jì4th tone, falling

踪迹 in a sentence

  1. 他消失了，不留一丝踪迹。

    Tā xiāoshī le, bù liú yì sī zōngjì.

    He vanished without a trace.

    Sentence #4757702 from Tatoeba

  2. 我跟着鹿的踪迹。

    Wǒ gēnzhe lù de zōngjì.

    I followed the deer’s tracks.

    Sentence #464823 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 踪迹 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 踪 (zōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
踪zōngfootprint; trace; tracks
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 宗ancestry · zōngSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 宗 (zōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zōng.

The character 迹 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
迹jìtrace; mark; vestige; clue
  • 亦also · yìSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 亦 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 踪迹

踪 15 strokes · 迹 9 strokes

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

Words related to 踪迹

Words with 踪

跟踪gēnzōng · to track失踪shīzōng · to go missing

Words with 迹

奇迹qíjì · miracle名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites痕迹hénjì · trace迹象jìxiàng · sign事迹shìjì · deed

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FAQs

踪迹 (zōngjì) means “trace” or “tracks”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zōngjì: zōng with a 1st 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, 踪迹 is written 蹤跡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zongji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 踪迹 from the suggestions. Typing zongji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
踪迹 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.