暗記

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
• Min Nan (POJ): àm-kì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: ànjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annjih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànjì
    • 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)⁺
    • Pinyin: ànjìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annjiell
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànjìr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiə̯ɻ⁵¹/

Note: ànjìr - “secret mark”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ gei³
    • Yale: am gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ kei̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (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

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 ʔʌm^H kɨ^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) あんき [àńkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ã̠ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

暗記 (hiragana あんき, rōmaji 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

暗記する (transitive, suru conjugation, hiragana あんきする, rōmaji anki suru)

1. to memorize

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	暗記し	あんきし	anki shi
Continuative (連用形)	暗記し	あんきし	anki shi
Terminal (終止形)	暗記する	あんきする	anki suru
Attributive (連体形)	暗記する	あんきする	anki suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	暗記すれ	あんきすれ	anki sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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