What is the pronunciation of 书记? Some dictionaries say

shūji

but I also saw it pronounced as "shūjì". Which one is right?

 

I am not a native speaker, but I imagine that shūji is the "Northern"/北方话 pronunciation and shūjì would be slightly more standard/普通话, and that both are used.
We'll see what the Sinophones say!

 

According to this document (Mandatory/Optional neutral tones in PSC):
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/c400e9395727a5e9856a6156.html

书记 has an optional neutral tone. So both shūji and shūjì are correct. As a northerner, I would prefer the one with a neutral tone: shūji

 

Wow, just noticed that 书记 got two versions of pronunciation, for me, I would prefer shūjì. That's what I heard from the TV.

 

They are not very different, are they? shu1ji0 or shu1ji4.
Note that the word itself could mean different positions in different context.

 

Do you mean to say that the word has different meanings in different contexts?

 

I guess he means 书记 when used as titles can refer to different job positions on different occasions.

 

Thanks zhg! The word "secretary" in English is similarly ambiguous and the context is needed to know what kind of "secretary" is meant

 

Yes! Sorry for my language!

 

I think 书记 is the secretary of a party, while the secretary of an office is 秘书。

 

根據維基： http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%A6%E8%AE%B0
在台湾、香港，书记通常与秘书、文员、办事员同义，如学校书记即驻校办事员，相当于中国大陆的“书记员”，台湾法院审判庭纪录员官衔为“书记官”。