Result complements 住 / 开 / 出来
IntroducedLearn the result in its actual combination
- You have successfully remembered someone's name.
- I我to remember记住(completed / change)了you你(modifier / structural particle)的name名字。 — (fast)住 expresses retaining the name in this combination.
You have successfully remembered someone's name. What does 我记住了你的名字。 communicate?
住 expresses retaining the name in this combination. Compare 打开 and 看出来, whose results differ. Learn verb-complement combinations rather than assigning one English meaning to every complement.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Result complements (fast)住 / to open (transitive or…开 / (after a verb, indicates…出来. Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我remember记(fast)住了you你的name名字。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: I've memorized your name: 我记 ____ 了你的名字。
Verb + 住 = hold fast: 记住 (remember).
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, I我to remember记住(completed / change)了you你(modifier / structural particle)的name名字。: (fast)住 expresses retaining the name in this combination.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
看出来 means…
出来 = emerge / figure out: 看出来, 想出来.
Know the boundary
- Compare to open打开 and to see看(after a verb, indicates…出来, whose results differ.
- Learn verb-complement combinations rather than assigning one English meaning to every complement.
打开 uses 开 to mean “apart / open”.
Yes — 开 = apart / open: 打开, 走开.
In the opening situation: 住 expresses retaining the name in this combination.
Compare 打开 and 看出来, whose results differ. Learn verb-complement combinations rather than assigning one English meaning to every complement. 住 expresses retaining the name in this combination.
Use the distinction
- (fast)住 expresses retaining the name in this combination.
- Compare to open打开 and to see看(after a verb, indicates…出来, whose results differ. Learn verb-complement combinations rather than assigning one English meaning to every complement.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Complements.
You have successfully remembered someone's name. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.