# DR. YIP SWEE CHOOI memorized a dictionary with ~1300 pages in half a year. Are there any tutorials on how he did that? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Memory Chat\ **Created:** [November 17, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066 "2017-11-17T14:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sand\_elephant](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sand\_elephant](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/sand_elephant)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/1 "2017-11-17T14:53:23Z")
Hello. I was curious what technique he used. i read in an article he used his body as a mind palace ( somebody please explain me how that would work out for such a gargantuan mass of information?), in another part of the internet i read that he used the journey method… ---
**Author:** ![OldGrantonian](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/oldgrantonian/32/2492_2.png) [@OldGrantonian](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/OldGrantonian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/2 "2017-11-17T15:21:16Z")
Here’s a link to an old blog post by JC; > **[Dr. Yip Swee Chooi on Memorizing a 1774-page Chinese-English Dictionary](https://artofmemory.com/blog/dr-yip-swee-chooi-dictionary/)** > > 👉 Dr. Yip Swee Chooi memorized a 1,774-page dictionary and can recall any word when you give him a page number. He doesn't have eidetic memory but uses a mind palace. The sub-links seem to have disappeared, but I’m sure JC will do the honours. . ---
**Author:** ![tracym](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/tracym/32/30143_2.png) [@tracym](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/tracym)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/3 "2017-11-17T16:50:47Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PDcVKtyryPw/hqdefault.jpg "The man who learned the dictionary") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDcVKtyryPw) and > **[How to remember a dictionary](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/how-to-remember-a-dictionary/28593)** > > Hi. Thank you for any assistance you might offer. I know how time-consuming it is to help others, free of charge. And, if you are kind enough to do that, then you are very nice and deserve a pat on the back. But, please remember that unless you... ---
**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/4 "2017-11-17T17:00:39Z")
> [@](#): > > The sub-links seem to have disappeared Sorry about that. I’ve fixed the video in the blog post. ---
**Author:** ![sand\_elephant](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sand\_elephant](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/sand_elephant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/5 "2017-11-19T03:39:57Z")
Hello, and thanks for the answers. I had seen the vide of Dr.Yip before, but I didn’t understand what technique he exactly used. I’d be grateful for clarification ---
**Author:** ![NoelHammett](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@NoelHammett](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/NoelHammett)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/6 "2017-11-24T00:38:20Z")
I would expect that Dr.YIP is a very experienced memorizer who may have had a lot of prior experience with those words. ---
**Author:** ![Celtic](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@Celtic](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Celtic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/7 "2017-11-24T19:25:04Z")
From the video, he converted each page number of the dictionary to a keyword using the ‘the major system’ and then used that keyword as an index to a series of journeys. So, if tie (as in a man’s necktie) was the keyword for number 1 and therefore page one, that could lead to a journey through a men’s clothing store where he deposited each word in a locus through mnemonic association. (he may also have numbered each locus) ---
**Author:** ![big\_hoppa\_cwm](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@big\_hoppa\_cwm](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/big_hoppa_cwm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/8 "2020-04-10T22:07:06Z")
Do you know how long it took him to memorize that dictionary? I can’t seem to find the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/9 "2020-04-18T05:16:56Z")
I don’t know much more about it than what is in the video below. The title of this thread says “half a year”. > **[Dr. Yip Swee Chooi on Memorizing a 1774-page Chinese-English Dictionary](https://artofmemory.com/blog/dr-yip-swee-chooi-dictionary/)** > > 👉 Dr. Yip Swee Chooi memorized a 1,774-page dictionary and can recall any word when you give him a page number. He doesn't have eidetic memory but uses a mind palace. ---
**Author:** ![big\_hoppa\_cwm](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@big\_hoppa\_cwm](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/big_hoppa_cwm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/dr-yip-swee-chooi-memorized-a-dictionary-with-1300-pages-in-half-a-year-are-there-any-tutorials-on-how-he-did-that/33066/10 "2020-04-19T11:34:05Z")
It does say half a year, but I watched the video and didn’t hear him say how long it took him so i’m wondering where that “half a year” came from.