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记性

jì xing

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 記性

记性 (jì xing) means "memory (ability to retain information)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 记性 means

1. memory (ability to retain information)

The characters in 记性

• 记jìto record; to note; to memorize
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• 你记性很好。
  You have a very good memory.
• 你的记性很好。
  Nǐ de jìxing hěn hǎo.
  You've got a great memory.
• 您记性不太好。
  Your memory isn't too good.
• 骗子们必须有好记性。
  Piànzimen bìxū yǒu hǎo jìxìng.
  Liars must have a good memory.
• 我的记性怎幺这幺差，总是忘东忘西的！
  Why is my memory so bad? I'm always forgetting things!
• 我的记性不好。我简直不记得他的名字了。
  Wǒ de jìxing bù hǎo. wǒ jiǎnzhí bù jìde tā de míngzi le.
  My memory failed me. I just could not remember his name.

Words containing 记性

• 长记性zhǎng jì xing(colloquial) to learn one's lesson; to have enough sense to learn from one's mistakes
• 好记性不如烂笔头hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóuthe palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)

Where 记性 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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