= s + e4
stingy
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How to pronounce 啬

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.

= s initial

Socrates.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

啬 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
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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= b + a1
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]
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one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
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huí = hu + ei2
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
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huí = hu + ei2
to curve / to return / to revolve
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huí = hu + ei2
variant of 迴|回[hui2]
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tóu = t + ou2
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
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Characters with 啬 as component

wall / CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]
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variant of 牆|墙[qiang2], wall
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wild rose
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Words with 啬

stingy / mean / miserly
miser / penny-pincher

Sentences with 啬

啬 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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