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Journal in Chinese

journal · HSK 4

日记 rì jì

  1. 日 rì day
  2. 记 jì to remember

Counted with 篇: 一篇日记 yì piān rìjì

我每天晚上都写日记。 I write in my diary every night.

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How do you say journal in Chinese?

Journal in Chinese is 日记 (rì jì).

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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