drizzle / mist
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to deceive / to cheat / to hoodwink / to make a wild guess
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blind / dim-sighted
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měng = m + (e)ng3
Mongol ethnic group / abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2] / Taiwan pr. [Meng2]
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mēng = m + (e)ng1
(knocked) unconscious / dazed / stunned
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méng = m + (e)ng2
to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat / used as surname
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How to pronounce 蒙

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.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

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= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

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= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ (e)ng3 final

In the engine’s living room.

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蒙 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
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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shǐ = sh + Ø3
hog / swine
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méng = m + (e)ng2
old variant of 蒙[meng2]
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Characters with 蒙 as component

méng = m + (e)ng2
indistinct / unclear / to deceive
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méng = m + (e)ng2
lemon
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méng = m + (e)ng2
cover
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Words with 蒙

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Mengyin county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], Shandong
to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger
primary school

Sentences with 蒙

蒙 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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méng / mēng / měng

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