= fu + Ø4
to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)
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How to pronounce 负

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.

= fu initial

Fu is for Frieda Fox.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

负 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
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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bèi = b + ei4
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
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Characters with 负 as component

lài = l + ai4
surname Lai
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lài = l + ai4
to depend on / to hang on in a place / bad / to renege (on promise) / to disclaim / to rat (on debts) / rascally / to blame / to put the blame on
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lài = l + ai4
variant of 賴|赖[lai4]
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Words with 负

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to be in charge of / to take responsibility for / to be to blame / conscientious
burden / to bear a burden
to bully

Sentences with 负

负 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 负 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.

to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)

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