Usage note
记是用来记录或记住事情的。
jì shì yòng lái jì lù huò zhù jìn shì qíng de.
记 is used to record or remember things.
Context note
记常用于日常生活中，比如记日记、记账等。
jì cháng yòng yú rì cháng shēn zhōng zhōu dōng, bǐ 如 jì rì bù , jì zhuàng běn děng 。
记 is commonly used in daily life, such as keeping a diary or a record of accounts.
5 examples
妈妈让我记下这个电话号码。
mā ma ràng wǒ jì xià zhè ge diàn huà hào mǎ。
Mom asked me to write down this phone number.
每天早上我都会记日记。
měi tiān zǎo shàng wǒ dōu huì jì rì jì。
Every morning, I would keep a diary.
他记住了所有的名字。
tā jì zhù le suǒ yǒu de míng zì。
He remembered all the names.
请把这件事记在笔记本上。
qǐng bǎ zhè jiàn shì jì zài bǐ jì běn shàng。
Please write this thing down in your notebook.
我记下了她的地址。
wǒ jì xià le tā de dì zhǐ。
I wrote down her address.
5 mini stories
小明每天早上起床后都会记日记，然后去上学。
xiǎo míng měi tiān zǎo shàng qǐ chuáng hòu dōu huì jì rì jì， rán hòu qù shàng xué。
Every morning, Xiao Ming would write in his diary after getting up and then go to school.
妈妈提醒爸爸记下购物清单上的东西。
mā ma tí xǐng bà ba jì xià gòu wù qīng dān shàng de dōng xī。
Mom reminded Dad to remember the items on the shopping list.
老师让同学们记下今天的课程内容。
lǎo shī ràng tóng xué men jì xià jīn tiān de kè chéng nèi róng。
The teacher asked the students to write down today's lesson content.
小红每天晚上睡觉前都会记日记，记录一天的所见所闻。
xiǎo hóng měi tiān wǎn shàng shuì jiào qián dōu huì jì rì jì， jì lù yì tiān de suǒ jiàn suǒ wén。
Every night before bed, Xiaohong would write in her diary, recording what she saw and heard that day.
爸爸记住了会议上的重要决定。
bà ba jì zhù le huì yì shàng de zhòng yào jué dìng。
Dad remembered the important decisions made at the meeting.
Mini dialogue
记住
A
老师说明天要带什么？
Lǎoshī shuō míngtiān yào dài shénme?
What did the teacher say we need to bring tomorrow?
B
要带彩笔，你记住了吗？
Yào dài cǎibǐ, nǐ jì zhù le ma?
We need to bring colored pencils. Did you remember that?
记生词
A
这个字好难，我记不住。
Zhège zì hǎo nán, wǒ jì bu zhù.
This character is so hard, I can't remember it.
B
多写几遍，就能记住了。
Duō xiě jǐ biàn, jiù néng jì zhù le.
Write it a few more times, and you'll remember it.
Related words and contrasts
opposite
忘
wàng
to forget
记 means remember, 忘 means forget.
similar
记住
jì zhù
to memorize; to remember firmly
记 is to note or remember; 记住 means to keep it in memory.
related
笔记
bǐ jì
notes (written)
记 can mean to write down; 笔记 are the notes you take.