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登记 (dēng jì) — to register (one's name or information)

Definition

登记 means to officially record information (name, address, details) on a list or in a system. It is more formal and administrative than 报名 (signing up for an event); 登录 is specifically for computer logins.

verb
to register (one's name or information)

Examples

  • 登记？
    Nǐ dēng jì bào míng le ma?
    Have you registered for the enrollment?
  • 登记。
    Cān guān zhě xū yào xiān dēng jì cái néng jìn rù.
    Visitors must register first before entering.
  • 登记。
    Qǐng zài zhè lǐ dēng jì nín de xìng míng hé dì zhǐ.
    Please register your name and address here.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

登dēngrecord/enter
记jìrecord

登 and 记 both mean record, so the parallel parts combine to mean register.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 癶癶bōleft and right feet
  • 豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

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