= xi + Ø2
(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom
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How to pronounce 習

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
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

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習 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
= yu + Ø3
feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale
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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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Characters with 習 as component

zhé = zh + e2
variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold
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zhé = zh + e2
document folded in accordion form / to fold
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= xi + Ø2
(arch.) court dress
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Words with 習

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to practice / field work / to intern / internship
(derog.) bureaucracy / red tape

Sentences with 習

習 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom

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