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Notes in Chinese

notes · HSK 3

笔记 bǐ jì

  1. 笔 bǐ pen
  2. 记 jì to remember

Counted with 份: 一份笔记 yí fèn bǐjì

能借我看看你的笔记吗? Could I borrow your notes?

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Other ways to say notes

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How do you say notes in Chinese?

Notes in Chinese is 笔记 (bǐ jì). You can also say 记录 (jì lù).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

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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