suī = su + ei1
although / even though
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How to pronounce 虽

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.

= su initial

Su is for Susan Spider.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ei1 final

In front of the Eiffel Tower.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

虽 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
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
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lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
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Characters with 虽 as component

strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
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surname Qiang
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stubborn / unyielding
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Words with 虽

although / even though / even if
although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
though / although

Sentences with 虽

虽 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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suī

although / even though

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