Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 - 纪念碑 jì niàn bēi

纪念碑

 

Pinyin: jì niàn bēi

Meaning：Monument  

Sentence：这座纪念碑是纪念战争中牺牲者的。 This memorial commemorates those who died in the war.

 

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纪：

 

Pinyin: jǐ, jì 

Meaning: Period; order; record; discipline; age; era

Radical: 纟

Stokes: 6

Traditional: 紀

Common words/Phrase:

纪要[jì yào] 【summary of a meeting log】

纪律[jì lǜ] 【discipline】

纪实[jì shí] 【on-the-spot record】

纪元[jì yuán] 【beginning of an era】

纪录片[jì lù piàn] 【newsreel】

 

念：

 

Pinyin: niàn

Meaning: To read aloud

Radical: 心

Stokes: 8

Traditional: 念

Common words/Phrase:

念头[niàn tou] 【idea】 

念书[niàn shū] 【read】

念经[niàn jīng] 【patter】

念珠[niàn zhū] 【prayer beads】

念叨[niàn dao] 【talk over】

 

碑：

 

Pinyin: bēi

Meaning: Stele; a monument

Radical: 石

Stokes: 13

Traditional: 碑

Common words/Phrase:

碑林[bēi lín] 【the Forest of Steles】 

碑文[bēi wén] 【an inscription on a tablet】

碑帖[bēi tiè] 【a rubbing from a stone inscription】

碑铭[bēi míng] 【inscription】

碑亭[bēi tíng] 【stone-tablet pavilion】