xiàn = xi + an4
county
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How to pronounce 县

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.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

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县 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
qiě = qi + e3
and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)
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mǒu = m + ou3
old variant of 某[mou3]
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= s + Ø1
old variant of 私[si1]
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Characters with 县 as component

xuán = xu + an2
to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation
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Words with 县

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county administration / county regional government
Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
county's head commissioner

Sentences with 县

县 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiàn

county

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