jì de
to remember
我记得你。
wǒ jìdé nǐ.
I remember you.
你记得吗？
nǐ jìdé ma?
Do you remember?
我忘记了，你记得吗？
wǒ wàngjìle, nǐ jìdé ma?
I forgot, do you remember?
记起 (jì qǐ)
remember; recall
想起 (xiǎng qǐ)
remember; recall
铭记 (míng jì)
remember; keep in mind
忘记 (wàngjì)
forget
遗忘 (yíwàng)
forget
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The Chinese word 记得 (jìdé) is composed of two characters: 记 (jì) and 得 (dé). The character 记 means "to remember" or "to record", and it is often used as a verb. The character 得 means "to obtain" or "to get", and it is often used as a verb or an auxiliary verb. When these two characters are combined, they form the word 记得, which means "to remember" or "to keep in mind".The word 记得 can be traced back to the oracle bone script, which is the earliest known form of Chinese writing. In the oracle bone script, the character 记 was written as a pictograph of a person holding a stylus in their hand, which represented the act of writing or recording. The character 得 was written as a pictograph of a hand holding a grain of rice, which represented the act of obtaining or getting something.Over time, the oracle bone script characters for 记 and 得 evolved into the modern Chinese characters that we use today. The word 记得 is now commonly used in both spoken and written Chinese, and it is an important word for HSK learners to know.
