Mnemonic comic for

Translation

miē = mi + e1: used in 乜斜[mie1 xie5] / (Cantonese) what?

Mnemonic

A mnemonic is a short, deliberately ridiculous scene, built to be hard to forget. Who appears in it and where it takes place are how the pronunciation is stored; the objects in it stand for the parts the character is written with. That is the Marilyn Method, and the comic below is the same scene, drawn.

Marilyn Monroe (mi) is tearing up the floor in front of the elevator (e1) with a shovel (乚) and a plow (㇆) so fast that she has to squint (乜) because of all the dust and debris flying into her face.

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All translations for 乜

niè = ni + e4
surname Nie
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miē = mi + e1
used in 乜斜[mie1 xie5] / (Cantonese) what?
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How to pronounce 乜

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= mi initial

Mi is for Marilyn Monroe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ e1 final

In front of the elevator.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
= ni initial

Ni is for Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt Nefertiti.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

乜 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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= y + a4
component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]
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Characters with 乜 as component

= y + e3
(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
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Words with 乜

what? (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]
what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])
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niè / miē

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