Mnemonic comic for

Translation

yòu = y + ou4: (once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

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.

And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She’s donning her boxing glove (mnemonic symbol for 又) in the outhouse’s bathroom (ou4), puts on her beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

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Comments

Hahaha oh my god it went through and did it!!

Matthias, 23 days ago

How to pronounce 又

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.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

又 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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= n + a4
Right-falling stroke
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Characters with 又 as component

chá = ch + a2
variant of 察[cha2]
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sōu = s + ou1
Japanese variant of 搜[sou1]
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dēng = d + (e)ng1
ceremonial vessel
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Words with 又

(but) then again; (but) on the other hand
Sentences with 又
zhǐ
shì
yǎng
zài
tiān
shàng
 
 
zi
jiǔ
le
yòu
yào
shēng
shì

Want to remember 又 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

yòu

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

Prompt snippets

The red boxing glove is crafted from smooth, polished cowhide leather featuring prominent white double-stitched seams and a thick, padded wrist cuff with a black industrial velcro strap. The surface displays subtle creases and indentations from impact, with a glossy, saturated crimson finish and a reinforced, contoured thumb section.

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