yāng = y + ang1
mandarin duck
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How to pronounce 鴦

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.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

鴦 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
yāng = y + ang1
center / end / to beg / to plead
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diǎo = di + ao3
variant of 屌[diao3] / penis
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niǎo = ni + ao3
bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
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Characters with 鴦 as component

鴦 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 鴦

(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple
wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple
lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love

Sentences with 鴦

鴦 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yāng

mandarin duck

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