记住 (jì zhu) — to remember, to bear in mind, to learn by heart

Definition

记住 is a resultative verb meaning 'remember / commit to memory' — focus on successfully retaining something, contrasted with 记得 which describes the ongoing state of memory.

verb

to rememberto bear in mindto learn by heart

Examples

记住。
Qǐng jì zhu zhè xiē shēng cí.
Please remember these new words.
记住。
Tā jì zhu le wǒ de míng zì.
He remembered my name.
。
Wǒ jì bú zhù nà me duō dān cí.
I can't remember that many words.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

记jìremember

住zhùstay

记 “remember” plus 住 “stay” gives the sense of holding it in mind.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

言己記

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspeech; words

Sound part声符shēngfú

己

己jǐ記jì

Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻主住

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

主zhǔ住zhù

Same sound today

住 pairs 亻, the person radical (written fully as 人), with 主, which supplies the sound.

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