傳記

See also: 伝記 and 传记

Chinese

		to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (傳記)		傳	記
simp. (传记)		传	记

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuànjì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun⁶ gei³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toān-kì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuànjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuànjì
  - Wade–Giles: chuan⁴-chi⁴
  - Yale: jwàn-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juannjih
  - Palladius: чжуаньцзи (čžuanʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun⁶ gei³
  - Yale: jyuhn gei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn⁶ gei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun⁶ géi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn²² kei̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toān-kì
  - Tâi-lô: tuān-kì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxnkix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tuan²²⁻²¹ ki²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan⁴¹⁻²² ki⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tuan³³⁻¹¹ ki¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan³³⁻²¹ ki²¹/

Noun

傳記

biography (person's life story)
曹老師業餘喜愛閱讀，尤愛讀傳記、歷史、經濟和國際時事書刊。 [MSC, trad.]
曹老师业余喜爱阅读，尤爱读传记、历史、经济和国际时事书刊。 [MSC, simp.]
Cáo lǎoshī yèyú xǐ'ài yuèdú, yóu ài dú zhuànjì, lìshǐ, jīngjì hé guójì shíshì shūkān. [Pinyin]
Teacher Cao loves reading in his spare time, especially biographies, and books related to history, economics and international current affairs.

See also

回憶錄／回忆录 (huíyìlù)
自傳／自传 (zìzhuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
傳	記
でん Jinmeiyō	き Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

傳(でん)記(き) • (denki)

Kyūjitai form of 伝記 (“biography”)