Chinese symbol for “newsreel”
纪录片
jì lù piàn
Traditional: 紀錄片
newsreel; documentary (film or TV program); measure word: 部 (bù)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for newsreel is 纪录片 (jì lù piàn), defined as: newsreel; documentary (film or TV program); measure word: 部 (bù).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纪录片.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世纪 (世紀) | shì jì | century |
| 纪念 (紀念) | jì niàn | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir |
| 纪录 (紀錄) | jì lù | variant of 记录 (jì lù); (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense "record (e.g. in sports)". In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferr |
| 年纪 (年紀) | nián jì | age; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 个 (gè) |
| 纪律 (紀律) | jì lǜ | discipline |
| 记录 (記錄) | jì lù | to record; record (esp. a written account) |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog; table of contents |
| 录音 (錄音) | lù yīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn)) |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “newsreel”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.