日記

日記

See also: 日记

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (日記)		日	記
simp. (日记)		日	记

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ gei³
• Min Nan (POJ): li̍t-kì / ji̍t-kì
• Wu (Wiktionary): zeq ji (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rìjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhjih
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ gei³
    • Yale: yaht gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ géi³
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² kei̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-kì
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidkix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻²² ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ki²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-kì
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidkix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑit̚⁴⁻³² ki²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ki²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zeq ji (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻əʔ¹¹ t͡ɕi²³/

Noun

日記

1. diary; journal (Classifier: 本; 冊／册)

   他正在寫日記呢。 / 他正在写日记呢。  ―  Tā zhèngzài xiě rìjì ne.  ―  He's writing in his diary.

   你寫日記嗎？ / 你写日记吗？  ―  Nǐ xiě rìjì ma?  ―  Do you keep a diary?

Synonyms

• 日誌／日志 (rìzhì)

Derived terms

日記本／日记本 (rìjìběn) 日記簿／日记簿 (rìjìbù)

日記賬／日记账

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (日記):

• → Japanese: 日 (にっ)記 (き) (nikki)
• → Korean: 일기 (日記, ilgi)
• → Vietnamese: nhật ký (日記)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	記
にち > にっ Grade: 1	き Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) にっき [nìkkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ik̚ʲkʲi]

Noun

日記 (hiragana にっき, rōmaji nikki)

1. a record of events and facts
2. a record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal[2]

See also

• 日記文学 (にっきぶんがく) (nikki bungaku)

Etymology 2

Originally, there was no means to write the geminate consonant, so it was left out. Pronunciation was likely [nikki] rather than [niki].[3]

Noun

日記 (hiragana にき, rōmaji niki)

1. a record of events and facts
2. a record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
3. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
日	記

Noun

日記 • (ilgi) (hangeul 일기)

1. Hanja form^? of 일기 (“diary; journal”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
日	記

Noun

日記

1. Hán tự form of nhật kí (“diary; journal”).