记 jì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 己 self, oneself
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
记忆犹新
jìyìyóuxīn
to remain fresh in one’s memory
Characters in this word
忆 yì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 乙 second
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
犹 yóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 尤 especially, particularly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 小时候第一次看海的情景，我至今记忆犹新。 Xiǎoshíhou dì yī cì kàn hǎi de qíngjǐng, wǒ zhìjīn jìyì yóuxīn. I still remember vividly the scene of seeing the sea for the first time as a child.
- 那次旅行虽然过去很久了，但很多细节我仍然记忆犹新。 Nà cì lǚxíng suīrán guòqù hěn jiǔ le, dàn hěn duō xìjié wǒ réngrán jìyì yóuxīn. That trip was a long time ago, but I still remember many details clearly.
- 老师当年讲的那个故事，同学们至今记忆犹新。 Lǎoshī dāngnián jiǎng de nàge gùshi, tóngxuémen zhìjīn jìyì yóuxīn. The students still remember vividly the story the teacher told back then.