纪念(jì niàn): to commemorate

Watch how each character of 纪念 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 纪念 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 民兵雕像是为了纪念独立战争中英勇作战的士兵。

  mín bīng diāo xiàng shì wèi le jì niàn dú lì zhàn zhēng zhōng yīng yǒng zuò zhàn dī shì bīng

  The statue of the Minute Man commemorates the valiant soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War.

• 卫塞节是佛教的一个节日，纪念佛陀的诞生、成道和涅槃。

  wèi sāi jié shì fó jiào de yī gè jié rì jì niàn fó tuó de dàn shēng chéng dào hé niè pán

  Vesak is a Buddhist holiday which celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha.