暗記

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (暗記)		暗	記
simp. (暗记)		暗	记

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ gei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-kì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànjì
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: àn-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annjih
    • Palladius: аньцзи (anʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 暗計／暗计 暗記／暗记

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (暗記兒／暗记儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànjìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànjìr
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-chi⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: àn-jìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annjiell
    • Palladius: аньцзир (anʹczir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiə̯ɻ⁵¹/

Note: ànjìr - “secret mark”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ gei³
    • Yale: am gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ kei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-kì
    • Tâi-lô: àm-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: armkix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ ki²¹/

Verb

暗記

1. to learn by heart; to commit to memory; to memorise in silence

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 暗記

1. secret mark

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	記
あん Grade: 3	き Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 諳記

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 暗記 (MC 'omH kiH).

Noun

暗(あん)記(き) • (anki) 

1. memorization

Derived terms

• 棒(ぼう)暗記(あんき) (bōanki, “indiscriminate memorization”)
• 丸(まる)暗記(あんき) (maru-anki, “rote memorization”)

See also

• 暗唱(あんしょう) (anshō, “recitation”)
• 暗譜(あんぷ) (anpu, “memorizing musical scores”)

Verb

暗(あん)記(き)する • (anki suru) transitive suru (stem 暗(あん)記(き)し (anki shi), past 暗(あん)記(き)した (anki shita))

1. to memorize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "暗記する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	暗記し	あんきし	anki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	暗記し	あんきし	anki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	暗記する	あんきする	anki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	暗記する	あんきする	anki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	暗記すれ	あんきすれ	anki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	暗記せよ¹ 暗記しろ²	あんきせよ¹ あんきしろ²	anki seyo¹ anki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	暗記される	あんきされる	anki sareru
Causative	暗記させる 暗記さす	あんきさせる あんきさす	anki saseru anki sasu
Potential	暗記できる	あんきできる	anki dekiru
Volitional	暗記しよう	あんきしよう	anki shiyō
Negative	暗記しない	あんきしない	anki shinai
Negative continuative	暗記せず	あんきせず	anki sezu
Formal	暗記します	あんきします	anki shimasu
Perfective	暗記した	あんきした	anki shita
Conjunctive	暗記して	あんきして	anki shite
Hypothetical conditional	暗記すれば	あんきすれば	anki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.