记忆
jì yì 4–4
to remember; to recall; memory
- Characters
- 2
- 记 · 忆
- Syllables
- 2
- jì yì
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,839
Part of speech: n,v
Character by character
- 记jì5 strokesHSK 1 traditional 記record; keep in mind, remember
- 忆yì4 strokesHSK 4 traditional 憶remember, reflect upon; memory
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
重复是记忆之母。
Chóng fù shì jì yì zhī mǔ
Repetition is the mother of memory.
他的记忆力总让我吃惊。
Tā de jì yì lì zǒng ràng wǒ chī jīng
His memory never ceases to astonish me.
我们越老，记忆力就越差。
Wǒ men yuè lǎo jì yì lì jiù yuè chà
The older we become, the worse our memory gets.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 记忆. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 记得jì deHSK 1
to remember
- 记者jì zhěHSK 3
reporter; journalist
- 记jìHSK 1
to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 记录jì lùHSK 3
to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc)
- 忘记wàng jìHSK 1
to forget
- 回忆huí yìHSK 5
to recall; memories
- 记住jì zhuHSK 1
to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
- 登记dēng jìHSK 4
to register (one's name)
- 笔记本bǐ jì běnHSK 2
notebook (stationery); notebook (computing)
- 日记rì jìHSK 4
diary
- 标记biāo jì
sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token
- 记载jì zǎiHSK 4
to write down; to record; written account
- 笔记bǐ jìHSK 2
to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches
- 牢记láo jìHSK 7
to keep in mind; to remember
- 铭记míng jìHSK 7
to engrave in one's memory
- 惦记diàn jìHSK 7
to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about
- 书记shū jiHSK 7
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe
- 记性jì xing
memory (ability to retain information)
- 记号jì haoHSK 7
mark; symbol; notation; seal
- 传记zhuàn jìHSK 7
biography
- 回忆录huí yì lùHSK 7
memoir
- 记忆犹新jì yì yóu xīnHSK 7
to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)