Chinese word

记

Pronunciation

Pinyinjì

Meaning

  • verbremember

Example

你记得我的名字吗？nǐ jì de wǒ de míng zì ma

Do you remember my name?

Illustration for 记 (remember)

More examples

请把电话号码记下。qǐng bǎ diàn huà hào mǎ jì xià

Please write down the phone number.

Core concept

A thought or fact is kept from disappearing, inside memory or on paper.

Common phrases

  • 记住jì zhù

    remember

  • 记下jì xià

    write down

Similar words

记住jì zhù: Learn and remember something so it stays in the mind.
记得jì de: Remember information or an event from the past.
记下jì xià: Make a written note of something heard or important.
记忆jì yì: Keep information stored in the mind over a long period.

Definition in Chinese

把信息放在脑中以免忘记，或把经过的事情写下来做记录，两种用法均可。bǎ xìn xī fàng zài nǎo zhōng yí miǎn wàng jì huò bǎ jīng guò de shì qíng xiě xià lái zuò jì lù liáng zhǒng yòng fǎ jūn kě

Word origin

記 (jì, "record") is built from 言 (yán, "speech"), which points to words and records, plus 己 (jǐ, "self"), which supplies the sound; its simplified form preserves the same origin.

Usage tips

  • The fourth tone is a short, firm fall, and keeping that pitch pattern clear helps separate this word from words with other tones.

Other meanings

  • recordverb
  • take notesverb

Opposites

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