備忘錄

See also: 备忘录 and 備忘録

Chinese

		to write down in a memo or aide-mémoire; to make a note lest one forget; to write a reminder	to record; to hit; to copy
trad. (備忘錄)		備忘	錄
simp. (备忘录)		备忘	录

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 備(び)忘(ぼう)録(ろく) (bibōroku), first attested in 《英漢大辭典》 by Yan Huiqing in 1908.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèiwànglù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ mong⁴ luk^6-2 / bei⁶ mong⁴ luk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pī-bông-lio̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁶ bhuang⁵ log⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèiwànglù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèiwànglù
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-wang⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: bèi-wàng-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beywanqluh
    • Palladius: бэйванлу (bɛjvanlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ mong⁴ luk^6-2 / bei⁶ mong⁴ luk⁶
    • Yale: beih mòhng lúk / beih mòhng luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ mong⁴ luk^9-2 / bei⁶ mong⁴ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ mong⁴ lug^6-2 / béi⁶ mong⁴ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² mɔːŋ²¹ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/, /pei̯²² mɔːŋ²¹ lʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-bông-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pī-bông-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixbongliok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ¹³⁻²² liɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ²³⁻³³ liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi⁶ bhuang⁵ log⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ buâng lo̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵⁻¹¹ buaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lok̚⁴/

Noun

備忘錄

1. memo; memorandum; reminder; aide-mémoire
2. notepad (made from paper); notebook

Synonyms

• (memo): 覺書／觉书 (juéshū)
• (notepad):

• 抄本 (cau¹ beng²) (Jin)
• 筆記本／笔记本 (bǐjìběn)
• 筆記簿／笔记簿 (bǐjìbù)
• 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 簿仔紙／簿仔纸 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 簿子 (bùzi)

 

Derived terms

• 諒解備忘錄／谅解备忘录 (liàngjiě bèiwànglù)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
備	忘	錄
び Grade: 5	ぼう Grade: 6	ろく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 備忘錄 – see the following entry.

【備忘録びぼうろく】 [noun] memorandum

(This term, 備忘錄, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)