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(jì lù) - to record; record in Mandarin

jìlù

Traditional: 記錄

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Translation

to record; record

Word origin

记录 means 'to record; a record': 记 (jì, 'to note', with 讠the speech radical) plus 录 (lù, 'to copy, to register', simplified from 錄). Together: to set down in writing.

Origin
compound
Root
记 (jì, to note) + 录 (lù, to register)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 记

记

Stroke order for 录

录

Examples

段duàn。

Please make a record of this passage.

。

He broke the world record.

。

I recorded every meeting.

。

Please record the meeting content.

。

He broke the world record.

记录 (jì lù) means to record or a record.

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This word is part of lesson 20.