批注

批註

pīzhù

verb #35,880

Meanings

1 to annotate
2 to add marginal notes / comments
3 annotation; marginalia

Characters

to comment / criticize

to annotate / mark

Examples

老师在我的作文上写了很多批注。

Lǎoshī zài wǒ de zuòwén shàng xiě le hěn duō pīzhù.

The teacher wrote many annotations on my essay.

请用红笔批注重点段落。

Qǐng yòng hóngbǐ pīzhù zhòngdiǎn duànluò.

Please annotate the key paragraphs with a red pen.

Tips

culture

Classical Chinese scholarship lives on the strength of 批注: Mao Zonggang's 批注 of 三国演义 and Jin Shengtan's 批注 of 水浒传 made the commentaries as famous as the novels themselves. Modern PDF readers translate '批注' as 'annotate' or 'comment'.

Stroke Order

批 pī

注 zhù