紀 (gei2 | ji4 ji3) : discipline; annals; epoch

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紀

gei2

ji4 ji3

(jyutping) gei2, (pinyin) ji4
[1] discipline; law; standard
[2] annals; historical record | [variant] 記
[3] epoch; period; age

(jyutping) gei2, (pinyin) ji3
a Chinese family name

Many dictionaries list "gei3" as variant Cantonese pronunciation. But 廣州話正音字典 has only "gei2"; this is supported by 《廣韻》(居理切).

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

紀 / 纪

This word has been viewed 8886 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Mar 2011 04:44

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破紀錄 po3 gei2 luk6 po4 ji4 lu4 = to break a record; record-breaking

世紀 sai3 gei2 shi4 ji4 = century

經紀人 ging1 gei2 jan4 jing1 ji4 ren2 = agent; broker

年紀 nin4 gei2 nian2 ji4 = (chronological) age

年紀大 nin4 gei2 daai6 nian2 ji4 da4 = to be old, growing old

十八世紀 sap6 baat3 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 ba1 shi4 ji4 = 18th Century (common formation)

十七世紀 sap6 cat1 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 qi1 shi4 ji4 = 17th Century (common formation)

十九世紀 sap6 gau2 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 jiu3 shi4 ji4 = 19th Century (common formation)

十一世紀 sap6 jat1 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 yi1 shi4 ji4 = 11th Century (common formation)

十二世紀 sap6 ji6 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 er4 shi4 ji4 = 12th Century (common formation)

十六世紀 sap6 luk6 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 liu4 shi4 ji4 = 16th Century (common formation)

十五世紀 sap6 ng5 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 wu3 shi4 ji4 = 15th Century (common formation)

十三世紀 sap6 saam1 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 san1 shi4 ji4 = 13th Century (common formation)

十四世紀 sap6 sei3 sai3 gei3*2 shi2 si4 shi4 ji4 = 14th Century (common formation)

結婚紀念日 git3 fan1 gei2 nim6 jat6 jie2 hun1 ji4 nian4 ri4 = wedding anniversary (common formation)

紀念品 gei2 nim6 ban2 ji4 nian4 pin3 = souvenirs

紀念 gei2 nim6 ji4 nian4 = remember; commemorate

紀念日 gei2 nim6 jat6 ji4 nian4 ri4 = commemoration day; day of rememberence

紀元 gei2 jyun4 ji4 yuan2 = epoch; AD (anno domini)

紀元前 gei2 jyun4 cin4 = BC (before Christ)

紀錄 gei2 luk6 ji4 lu4 = record; write down

紀要 gei2 jiu3 ji4 yao4 = summary of minutes

紀律 gei2 leot6 ji4 lv4 = discipline

經紀 ging1 gei2 jing1 ji4 = broker, brokerage

值得紀念 zik6 dak1 gei2 lim6 = memorable

紀錄片 gei2 luk6 pin3*2 ji4 lu4 pian4 = a documentary film

三迭紀 saam1 dit6 gei3 san1 die2 ji4 = Triassic (geological period)

紀元後 gei2 jyun4 hau6 ji4 yuan2 hou4 = A.D. (Anno Domini / After Death (of Christ)); C.E.

世紀末 sai3 gei3*2 mut6 shi4 ji4 mo4 = end of the century

中世紀 zung1 sai3 gei3*2 zhong1 shi4 ji4 = medieval; Middle Ages

二十一世紀 ji6 sap6 jat1 sai3 gei3*2 er4 shi2 yi1 shi4 ji4 = 21st century

二十世紀 ji6 sap6 sai3 gei3*2 er4 shi2 shi4 ji4 = 20th Century

人權紀錄 jan4 kyun4 gei2 luk6 = human rights record (common formation)

保險經紀 bou2 him2 ging1 gei2 = insurance agent

偽造紀錄 ngai6 zou6 gei2 luk6 = falsifying records (common formation)

紀念碑 gei2 nim6 bei1 = [n] a cenotaph

犯罪紀錄 faan6 zeoi6 gei2 luk6 = criminal record (common formation)

新紀元 san1 gei3 jyun4 xin1 ji4 yuan2 = new era; new epoch

週年紀念 zan1 nin4 gei2 nim6 zhou1 nian2 ji4 nian4 = anniversary commemoration (common formation)

世界紀錄 sai3 gaai3 gei2 luk6 shi4 jie4 ji4 lu4 = world record (common formation)

受難紀念 sau6 naan6 gei2 nim6 shou4 nan2 ji4 nian4 = memorial (common formation)

新紀元音樂 san1 gei3 jyun4 jam1 ngok6 xin1 ji4 yuan2 yin1 yue4 = New Age music (common formation)

紀念郵票 gei2 nim6 jau4 piu3 ji4 nian4 you2 piao4 = commemorative stamp (common formation)

證券經紀人 zing3 hyun3 ging1 gei3 jan4 zheng4 quan4 jing1 ji4 ren2 = stock broker (common formation)

風紀 fung1 gei2 = prefect

紀傳體 gei2 zyun6 tai2 ji4 chuan4 ti3 = history presented in a series of biographies

身紀 san1 gei2 = to be pregnant 粵

娠紀 san1 gei2 = to be pregnant 粵

目無法紀 muk6 mou4 faat3 gei2 mu4 wu2 fa3 ji4 = lawless; to disregard the law

亡兵紀念日 mong4 bing1 gei2 nim6 jat6 wang2 bing1 ji4 nian4 ri4 = Memorial Day (US holiday) (common formation)

年紀大，機器壞 nin4 gei2 daai6 gei1 hei3 waai6 nian2 ji4 da4 ji1 qi4 huai4 = 1. (people) be frail or have bad health because of old age 2. (appliances) break down due to age 粵

年紀輕輕 nin4 gei2 heng1 heng1 nian2 ji4 qing1 qing1 = the younger generation, during the young age

軍紀 gwan1 gei2 jun1 ji4 = military discipline

紀律部隊 gei2 leot6 bou6 deoi6*2 ji4 lv4 bu4 dui4 = disciplinary forces

紀律處分 gei2 leot6 cyu2 fan1 ji4 lv4 chu3 fen4 = disciplinary measures

罪案紀錄 zeoi6 on3 gei2 luk6 zui4 an4 ji4 lu4 = criminal record

二迭紀 ji6 dit6 gei3 er4 die2 ji4 = Permian (geological period)

人民英雄紀念碑 jan4 man4 jing1 hung4 gei3 nim6 bei1 ren2 min2 ying1 xiong2 ji4 nian4 bei1 = Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square

志留紀 zi3 lau4 gei3 zhi4 liu2 ji4 = Silurian (geological period)

全新紀 cyun4 san1 gei3*2 quan2 xin1 ji4 = holocene; period since the last ice age

二十世紀殺人網絡 ji6 sap6 sai3 gei3*2 saat3 jan4 mong5 lok3 = The Matrix

六四紀念活動 luk6 sei3 gei3 nim6 wut6 dung6 liu4 si4 ji4 nian4 huo2 dong4 = Tian'anmen massacre commemorative activities

和平紀念碑 wo4 ping4 gei2 nim6 bei1 = [n] The Cenotaph (a memorial monument to the Hong Kong residents who died during World Wars I and II)

寒武紀 hon4 mou5 gei2 han2 wu3 ji4 = Cambrian period

紀曉君 gei2 hiu2 gwan1 ji3 xiao3 jun1 = Samingad

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豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.

真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.
[Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]

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