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= xi + Ø1
dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4]
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How to pronounce 夕

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.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

夕 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.

Characters with 夕 as component

míng = mi + (e)ng2
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
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duō = du + o1
many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
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wài = w + ai4
outside / in addition / foreign / external
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Words with 夕

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at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)

Sentences with 夕

夕 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4]

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