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记载 (jì zǎi): to record

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 5verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to record
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 5

Full definitions

to write down
to record
written account

Chinese explanation

把事情写下来，记录下来，保留成文字材料。一般用于比较正式、历史性的内容，比如书上记载了这件事
也可以指写下来的文字内容本身，比如根据记载，这里曾经是一片森林。

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HSK 3

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Example sentences

This book records the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Ancient documents record many mythological stories.

His diary records his daily life in detail.

Historians reconstructed the scene of that time based on records.

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