HSK 6 · Emotions

惦记 diànjì “to keep thinking about” in Chinese

Traditional 惦記

What 惦记 means

  1. to keep thinking about
  2. to worry about
  3. to think of
  4. to be concerned about

How to say 惦记

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惦diàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale记jì4th tone, falling

惦记 in a sentence

  1. 妈妈总是惦记着在外地上学的我。

    Māma zǒngshì diànjì zhe zài wàidì shàngxué de wǒ.

    Mum is always thinking about me while I’m studying away from home.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 别惦记了，我一切都好。

    Bié diànjì le, wǒ yíqiè dōu hǎo.

    Don’t worry about me; everything’s fine.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 惦记 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 惦 (diàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
惦diànto think of
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 店shop · diànSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 店 (diàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with diàn.

The character 记 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
记jìto record
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 己self · jǐ

Memory aidSpeech 讠 with 己 (jǐ) for the sound: to note down, to remember.

How to write 惦记

惦 11 strokes · 记 5 strokes

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惦记 (diànjì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 惦记 (diànjì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 惦记

Words with 记

记jì · to remember记得jìde · remember忘记wàngjì · forget笔记bǐjì · notes笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook记者jìzhě · reporter日记rìjì · diary记忆jìyì · to remember登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)记录jìlù · to record

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崇拜chóngbài · to worship冲动chōngdòng · impulse崇敬chóngjìng · to revere胆怯dǎnqiè · timid敌视díshì · to be hostile to丢人diūrén · to lose face恩怨ēnyuàn · old grudges反感fǎngǎn · to dislike

FAQs

惦记 (diànjì) means “to keep thinking about” or “to worry about”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it diànjì: diàn with a 4th tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 惦记 is written 惦記. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dianji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 惦记 from the suggestions. Typing dianji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
惦记 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.