'记得' (jì de) is a verb meaning 'to remember' — specifically, to retain information in one's memory and be able to recall it consciously. The first character 记 (jì) means 'to record', 'to note down', or 'to memorize', carrying the sense of mental registration. The second character 得 (de) is a structural particle here that turns the verb into a resultative complement, indicating successful completion — literally 'to have succeeded in memorizing'. Together, they express the state of having successfully retained something in memory.

This word is used in everyday spoken and written Chinese to refer to conscious recollection of facts, experiences, names, instructions, or past events. It often appears in questions ('Do you remember...?'), negatives ('I don’t remember'), and past-tense contexts. Unlike the more formal 记住 (jì zhù), which emphasizes the act of committing something to memory, 记得 focuses on the present state of recall — whether the information is currently accessible.