měng = m + (e)ng3
ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome
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How to pronounce 猛

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)ng3 final

In the engine’s living room.

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猛 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
mèng = m + (e)ng4
first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers
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quǎn = qu + an3
three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]
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Characters with 猛 as component

猛 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 猛

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to strike / wham!
suddenly / abruptly
to advance by leaps and bounds

Sentences with 猛

猛 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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měng

ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome

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