Sentence #9543942 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 记得 is built
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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.
得destructural particle: used after a verb
彳step · chì
旦dawn · dàn
寸inch · cùn
Memory aidA hand 寸 picking up a shell, once used as money, while out on the road 彳: to get.
How to write 记得
记 5 strokes · 得 11 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 记得 (jìde). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
Say it jìde: jì with a 4th tone, then de with a neutral 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, 记得 is written 記得. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jide with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 记得 from the suggestions. Typing jide into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
记得 is an HSK 3 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
记jì4th tone, falling
得deneutral tone, light and short
