= l + e4
surname Le
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yuè = yu + e4
surname Yue
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= l + e4
happy / cheerful / to laugh
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yuè = yu + e4
music
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How to pronounce 樂

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.

= l initial

L is for Sir Lancelot.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

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= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

樂 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
yāo = y + ao1
youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
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bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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= mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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Characters with 樂 as component

yào = y + ao4
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison
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= li + Ø4
oak / Quercus serrata
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= li + Ø4
gravel / small stone
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Words with 樂

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lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) / fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully

Sentences with 樂

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