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Choosing Mnemonics

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chī = ch + Ø1
mythical beast (archaic)
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= li + Ø2
surname Li
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= li + Ø2
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲
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How to pronounce 离

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.

= ch initial

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

离 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
tóu = t + ou2
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
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terrible / fearful
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vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]
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róu = r + ou2
trample
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old variant of 凶[xiong1]
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Characters with 离 as component

= li + Ø2
bride's veil or kerchief
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= li + Ø2
dregs of wine
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Words with 离

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excessive / beyond reasonable limits / irregular
to deviate / to diverge / to wander
odd / bizarre

Sentences with 离

离 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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chī /

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