pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
纪 
紀 
ji3 
 
 
surname Ji; also pr.  
纪 
紀 
ji4 
 
 
order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle 
 
strokes 
6 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
3 
 
埃迪卡拉纪 
埃迪卡拉紀 
ai1 di2 ka3 la1 ji4 
 
 
Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 
埃涅阿斯纪 
埃涅阿斯紀 
ai1 nie4 a1 si1 ji4 
 
 
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome) 
奥陶纪 
奧陶紀 
ao4 tao2 ji4 
 
 
Ordovician (geological period 495-440m years ago) 
白垩纪 
白堊紀 
bai2 e4 ji4 
 
 
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) 
班纪德 
班紀德 
ban1 ji4 de2 
 
 
pancetta (Italian belly); salted spiced dried pork belly 
本纪 
本紀 
ben3 ji4 
 
 
biographic sketch of an emperor 
创世纪 
創世紀 
chuang4 shi4 ji4 
 
 
creation myth 
创世纪 
創世紀 
chuang4 shi4 ji4 
 
 
Genesis (first book of the Bible) 
大纪元 
大紀元 
da4 ji4 yuan2 
 
 
Epoch Times, US newspaper 
大纪元时报 
大紀元時報 
da4 ji4 yuan2 shi2 bao4 
 
 
Epoch Times, US newspaper 
第三纪 
第三紀 
di4 san1 ji4 
 
 
third period; tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago) 
第四纪 
第四紀 
di4 si4 ji4 
 
 
fourth period; quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 
东现汉纪 
東現漢紀 
dong1 xian4 han4 ji4 
 
 
Records of the Eastern Han, model for History of Later Han 後漢書|后汉书 
二迭纪 
二迭紀 
er4 die2 ji4 
 
 
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago); also written 二疊紀|二叠纪 
二叠纪 
二疊紀 
er4 die2 ji4 
 
 
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) 
二十世纪 
二十世紀 
er4 shi2 shi4 ji4 
 
 
20th century 
二十一世纪 
二十一世紀 
er4 shi2 yi1 shi4 ji4 
 
 
21st century 
法纪 
法紀 
fa3 ji4 
 
 
law and order; rules and discipline 
风纪 
風紀 
feng1 ji4 
 
 
standard of behavior; moral standards; discipline 
纲纪 
綱紀 
gang1 ji4 
 
 
law and order 
哥伦布纪 
哥倫布紀 
ge1 lun2 bu4 ji4 
 
 
Columbus 
寒武纪 
寒武紀 
han2 wu3 ji4 
 
 
Cambrian geological period (545-495m years ago) 
寒武纪大爆发 
寒武紀大爆發 
han2 wu3 ji4 da4 bao4 fa1 
 
 
the Cambrian explosion 
寒武纪生命大爆发 
寒武紀生命大爆發 
han2 wu3 ji4 sheng1 ming4 da4 bao4 fa1 
 
 
the Cambrian explosion 
纪伯伦 
紀伯倫 
ji4 bo2 lun2 
 
 
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist 
纪检 
紀檢 
ji4 jian3 
 
 
disciplinary inspection; to inspect another's discipline 
纪录 
紀錄 
ji4 lu4 
 
 
variant of 記錄|记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") 
纪录创造者 
紀錄創造者 
ji4 lu4 chuang4 zao4 zhe3 
 
 
record setter; record holder 
纪录片 
紀錄片 
ji4 lu4 pian4 
 
 
newsreel; documentary (film or TV program) 
纪律 
紀律 
ji4 lv4 
 
 
discipline 
纪律检查委员会 
紀律檢查委員會 
ji4 lv4 jian3 cha2 wei3 yuan2 hui4 
 
 
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP 
纪年 
紀年 
ji4 nian2 
 
 
to number the years; calendar era; annals; chronicle 
纪念 
紀念 
ji4 nian4 
 
 
to commemorate; to remember 
纪念碑 
紀念碑 
ji4 nian4 bei1 
 
 
monument 
纪念馆 
紀念館 
ji4 nian4 guan3 
 
 
memorial hall; commemorative museum 
纪念奖 
紀念獎 
ji4 nian4 jiang3 
 
 
trophy 
纪念品 
紀念品 
ji4 nian4 pin3 
 
 
souvenir 
纪念日 
紀念日 
ji4 nian4 ri4 
 
 
day of commemoration; memorial day 
纪念堂 
紀念堂 
ji4 nian4 tang2 
 
 
memorial hall; mausoleum 
纪念邮票 
紀念郵票 
ji4 nian4 you2 piao4 
 
 
commemorative postage stamp 
纪念章 
紀念章 
ji4 nian4 zhang1 
 
 
memorial badge; souvenir badge 
纪实 
紀實 
ji4 shi2 
 
 
record of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional) 
纪委 
紀委 
ji4 wei3 
 
 
discipline inspection commission 
纪要 
紀要 
ji4 yao4 
 
 
minutes; written summary of a meeting 
纪元 
紀元 
ji4 yuan2 
 
 
calendar era; epoch 
纪元前 
紀元前 
ji4 yuan2 qian2 
 
 
before the common era (BC) 
纪昀 
紀昀 
ji4 yun2 
 
 
Ji Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut 閱微草堂筆記|阅微草堂笔记 
纪传体 
紀傳體 
ji4 zhuan4 ti3 
 
 
history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian 
结婚纪念日 
結婚紀念日 
jie2 hun1 ji4 nian4 ri4 
 
 
wedding anniversary 
经纪 
經紀 
jing1 ji4 
 
 
to manage (a business); manager; broker 
经纪人 
經紀人 
jing1 ji4 ren2 
 
 
broker; middleman; agent; manager 
鸠山由纪夫 
鳩山由紀夫 
jiu1 shan1 you2 ji4 fu1 
 
 
Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010 
列王纪上 
列王紀上 
lie4 wang2 ji4 shang4 
 
 
First book of Kings 
列王纪下 
列王紀下 
lie4 wang2 ji4 xia4 
 
 
Second book of Kings 
乱纪 
亂紀 
luan4 ji4 
 
 
to break the rules; to break discipline 
罗缕纪存 
羅縷紀存 
luo2 lv3 ji4 cun2 
 
 
to record and preserve 
目无法纪 
目無法紀 
mu4 wu2 fa3 ji4 
 
 
with no regard for law or discipline (idiom); flouting the law and disregarding all rules; in complete disorder 
泥盆纪 
泥盆紀 
ni2 pen2 ji4 
 
 
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago) 
年纪 
年紀 
nian2 ji4 
 
 
age 
破纪录 
破紀錄 
po4 ji4 lu4 
 
 
to break a record; record-breaking 
前寒武纪 
前寒武紀 
qian2 han2 wu3 ji4 
 
 
pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago 
屈原纪念馆 
屈原紀念館 
qu1 yuan2 ji4 nian4 guan3 
 
 
Qu Yuan memorial hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县, Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then 
全新纪 
全新紀 
quan2 xin1 ji4 
 
 
holocene; period since the last ice age 
人民英雄纪念碑 
人民英雄紀念碑 
ren2 min2 ying1 xiong2 ji4 nian4 bei1 
 
 
Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square 
日本书纪 
日本書紀 
ri4 ben3 shu1 ji4 
 
 
Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history 
三大纪律八项注意 
三大紀律八項注意 
san1 da4 ji4 lv4 ba1 xiang4 zhu4 yi4 
 
 
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime 
三岛由纪夫 
三島由紀夫 
san1 dao3 you2 ji4 fu1 
 
 
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake) 
三叠纪 
三疊紀 
san1 die2 ji4 
 
 
Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago) 
三迭纪 
三迭紀 
san1 die2 ji4 
 
 
Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago); also written 三疊紀|三叠纪 
石炭纪 
石炭紀 
shi2 tan4 ji4 
 
 
Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago) 
始新纪 
始新紀 
shi3 xin1 ji4 
 
 
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago) 
世纪 
世紀 
shi4 ji4 
 
 
century 
世纪末 
世紀末 
shi4 ji4 mo4 
 
 
end of the century 
世纪末年 
世紀末年 
shi4 ji4 mo4 nian2 
 
 
final years of the century 
世界纪录 
世界紀錄 
shi4 jie4 ji4 lu4 
 
 
world record 
受难纪念 
受難紀念 
shou4 nan2 ji4 nian4 
 
 
memorial 
亡兵纪念日 
亡兵紀念日 
wang2 bing1 ji4 nian4 ri4 
 
 
Memorial Day (American holiday) 
违法乱纪 
違法亂紀 
wei2 fa3 luan4 ji4 
 
 
to break the law and violate discipline (idiom) 
违纪 
違紀 
wei2 ji4 
 
 
lack of discipline; to break a rule; to violate discipline; to breach a principle 
西藏百万农奴解放纪念日 
西藏百萬農奴解放紀念日 
xi1 zang4 bai3 wan4 nong2 nu2 jie3 fang4 ji4 nian4 ri4 
 
 
Serf Liberation Day (PRC) 
新纪元 
新紀元 
xin1 ji4 yuan2 
 
 
New Age (movement) 
新纪元 
新紀元 
xin1 ji4 yuan2 
 
 
new era; new epoch 
新世纪 
新世紀 
xin1 shi4 ji4 
 
 
21st century; New Century (commonly used name) 
曾纪泽 
曾紀澤 
zeng1 ji4 ze2 
 
 
Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia 
震旦纪 
震旦紀 
zhen4 dan4 ji4 
 
 
Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 
阵亡战士纪念日 
陣亡戰士紀念日 
zhen4 wang2 zhan4 shi4 ji4 nian4 ri4 
 
 
Memorial Day (American holiday) 
政纪 
政紀 
zheng4 ji4 
 
 
rules for political staff; political discipline 
证券经纪人 
證券經紀人 
zheng4 quan4 jing1 ji4 ren2 
 
 
stockbroker 
志留纪 
志留紀 
zhi4 liu2 ji4 
 
 
Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago) 
中共中央纪律检查委员会 
中共中央紀律檢查委員會 
zhong1 gong4 zhong1 yang1 ji4 lv4 jian3 cha2 wei3 yuan2 hui4 
 
 
Disciplinary Committee of Chinese Communist Party 
中共中央纪委监察部 
中共中央紀委監察部 
zhong1 gong4 zhong1 yang1 ji4 wei3 jian1 cha2 bu4 
 
 
party discipline committee 
中纪委 
中紀委 
zhong1 ji4 wei3 
 
 
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres; abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会 
中世纪 
中世紀 
zhong1 shi4 ji4 
 
 
medieval; Middle Ages 
中正纪念堂 
中正紀念堂 
zhong1 zheng4 ji4 nian4 tang2 
 
 
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei 
侏罗纪 
侏羅紀 
zhu1 luo2 ji4 
 
 
Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago) 
竹书纪年 
竹書紀年 
zhu2 shu1 ji4 nian2 
 
 
Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC