注释 zhùshì to annotate
to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
How to remember 注释: 注 pour into + 释 to explain = to annotate.
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How it is used
- Means an explanatory note/annotation, or to annotate - 加个注释 (jiā ge zhùshì) to add a note.
- Standard in books (footnotes glossing a text) and in code as comments - 代码注释 (dàimǎ zhùshì) code comments.
- Contrast 批注 (pīzhù, marginal remarks a reader jots) - 注释 is explanatory glossing of the content itself.