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记忆

jì yì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 記憶

记忆 (jì yì) means "memory; to remember". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 记忆 means

1. to remember; to recall
2. memory

The characters in 记忆

• 记jìto record; to note; to memorize
• 忆yìto recollect; to remember; memory

Example sentences

• 汤姆记忆力好。
  Tom has a good memory.
• 我仍然记忆犹新。
  Wǒ réngrán jìyìyóuxīn.
  It is still fresh in my memory.
• 你的记忆力很好。
  You have a good memory.
• 重复是记忆之母。
  Repetition is the mother of memory.
• 我奶奶失去了记忆。
  My grandmother lost her memory.
• 他的记忆力使我惊讶。
  His memory amazes me.

Words starting with 记忆

• 记忆力jì yì lìfaculty of memory; ability to remember
• 记忆犹新jì yì yóu xīnto remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
• 记忆化jì yì huàmemoization (computing)
• 记忆卡jì yì kǎmemory card
• 记忆器jì yì qìmemristor (memory transistor)
• 记忆棒jì yì bàng(Sony) memory stick
• 记忆体jì yì tǐ(Taiwan) (computer) memory
• 记忆广度jì yì guǎng dùmemory span
• 记忆电路jì yì diàn lùmemory circuit

Words containing 记忆

• 工作记忆gōng zuò jì yìworking memory
• 快速记忆法kuài sù jì yì fǎmnemotechnic method
• 快闪记忆体kuài shǎn jì yì tǐ(computing) flash memory
• 快闪记忆体盘kuài shǎn jì yì tǐ pán(computing) flash drive; thumb drive
• 肌肉记忆jī ròu jì yìmuscle memory
• 随机存取记忆体suí jī cún qǔ jì yì tǐrandom access memory (RAM)

Sounds the same

Read jì yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 技艺skill; art
• 计议to deliberate; to talk over; to plan

Where 记忆 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Thinking, Reasoning & Memory (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jì yì correctly.
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