記事

See also: 记事

Chinese

		to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (記事)		記	事
simp. (记事)		记	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-sṳ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jì-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshyh
    • Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 既是 濟事／济事 記事／记事

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jì-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshell
    • Palladius: цзишир (czišir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/

Note: Erhua - especially the sense “to start to form memories”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ si⁶
    • Yale: gei sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/

Verb

記事

1. to keep a record of events
2. to start to form memories after one's infancy

Derived terms

• 結繩記事／结绳记事
• 記事本／记事本 (jìshìběn)

 

Noun

記事

1. record; chronicle (Classifier: 個／个)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (記事):

• → Vietnamese: kí sự (記事)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
記	事
き Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 記事／记事 (ki^H dzri^H, literally “record + affair, event”). Compare modern Mandarin reading jìshì.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きじ [kíꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiʑi]

Noun

記(き)事(じ) • (kiji) 

1. an article, a written news story, such as in a newspaper or magazine or on a website

   ブログの記事(きじ)

   burogu no kiji

   blog entry

2. a private history, as opposed to the 正史 (seishi, “official history”)
3. (obsolete) in the Nara period, an official under the 按察使 (azechi, “regional administration authority”)

Synonyms

• (private history): 私史(しし) (shishi)