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= ju + Ø4
excessive
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= zu + Ø2
foot / to be sufficient / ample
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How to pronounce 足

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.

= ju initial

Ju is for Zeus.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= zu initial

Zu is for Zapatista Zebra.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

足 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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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 足 as component

= cu + Ø4
urgent / hurried / to urge / to promote / to urge haste / close / intimate
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= p + a1
to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent
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= ti + Ø1
to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
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Words with 足

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enough / sufficient
to satisfy / to meet (the needs of) / satisfied / content
soccer ball / a football / CL:個|个[ge4] / soccer / football

Sentences with 足

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