diāo = di + ao1
artful / wicked
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How to pronounce 刁

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.

= di initial

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ ao1 final

In front of the aorta.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

刁 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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Characters with 刁 as component

= xi + Ø2
(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom
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diāo = di + ao1
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
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diāo = di + ao1
(used in place names)
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Words with 刁

to be hard on sb / to deliberately make things difficult
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1 nan2]
crafty / tricky

Sentences with 刁

刁 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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diāo

artful / wicked

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