jiān = ji + an1
double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
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How to pronounce 兼

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.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

兼 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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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 兼 as component

xián = xi + an2
to dislike / suspicion / resentment / enmity / abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
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qiàn = qi + an4
to apologize / to regret / deficient
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qiān = qi + an1
modest
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Words with 兼

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to hold concurrent posts / concurrent job / moonlighting
to attend simultaneously to two or more things / to balance (career and family, family and education etc)

Sentences with 兼

兼 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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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.

jiān

double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time

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