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mǎng = m + ang3
thick weeds / luxuriant growth / Illicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves / impertinent
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How to pronounce 莽

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.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ang3 final

In the anglepod’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

莽 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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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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gǒng = gu + (e)ng3
hands joined
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Characters with 莽 as component

mǎng = m + ang3
python
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mǎng = m + ang3
vast / expansive (of water)
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Words with 莽

hot-headed / impulsive / reckless
rude and impetuous
variant of 魯莽|鲁莽[lu3 mang3]

Sentences with 莽

zhè
shì
tiān
jūn
zuò
shì
mǎng
 
 
huài
le
móu

Want to remember 莽 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

mǎng

thick weeds / luxuriant growth / Illicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves / impertinent

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