記事

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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

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:
    ^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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/

Verb

記事

to keep a record of events
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

record; chronicle (Classifier: 個／个)

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 (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

記(き)事(じ) • (kiji)

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

Synonyms

(private history): 私史(しし) (shishi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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