Chinese word dictionary

忆述

yì shù · to talk (or write) about one's recollections of past events

Practice word

Word information

Simplified忆述

Traditional憶述

Pinyinyì shù

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

忆yì

to remember, to reflect upon; memory

述shù

to express, to state; to narrate, to tell

How to learn 忆述

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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回忆huíyì

to recall; memories; CL:個|个[ge4]

记忆jìyì

to remember; to recall; memory

讲述jiǎngshù

to talk about; to narrate; to give an account

描述miáoshù

to describe; description

上述shàngshù

aforementioned; above-mentioned

叙述xùshù

to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account