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记者jì zhěreporter; journalist

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记者 (jì zhě) means "reporter" or "journalist," a person whose job is to find out about news and report it for a newspaper, television, or website, as in 她是记者 (she is a reporter). The usual measure word is 个, as in 一个记者 (a reporter).

What does 记者 mean?

  1. 1.

    reporter; journalistnoun

What do the characters in 记者 mean?

  • 记to record
  • 者-er

How do you use 记者?

记者 names a job and often follows 是 or 当, as in 他想当记者.

What are some examples of 记者 in a sentence?

  1. 她是一个记者。

    Tā shì yí ge jìzhě.

    She is a reporter.

  2. 记者问了很多问题。

    Jìzhě wènle hěn duō wèntí.

    The reporter asked a lot of questions.

  3. 他想当记者。

    Tā xiǎng dāng jìzhě.

    He wants to be a journalist.

How is 记者 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你姐姐做什么工作?

    Nǐ jiějie zuò shénme gōngzuò?

    What does your older sister do?

  2. Speaker B:

    她是记者,在电视台工作。

    Tā shì jìzhě, zài diànshìtái gōngzuò.

    She's a reporter; she works at a TV station.

  3. Speaker A:

    她工作忙不忙?

    Tā gōngzuò máng bu máng?

    Is her work busy?

  4. Speaker B:

    很忙,常常晚上才回家。

    Hěn máng, chángcháng wǎnshang cái huí jiā.

    Very busy; she often only gets home in the evening.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.