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Choosing Mnemonics

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= ji + Ø1
odd (number)
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= qi + Ø2
strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually
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How to pronounce 奇

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
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= qi initial

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

奇 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
= k + e3
can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very
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= k + e4
used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 奇 as component

= y + Ø3
chair
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= ji + Ø1
lopsided / unbalanced / abnormal / irregular / odd fractional remnant
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= y + Ø3
to lean on / to rely upon
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Words with 奇

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strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled
miracle / miraculous / wonder / marvel
magical / mystical / miraculous

Sentences with 奇

zhè
yǒu
shén
me

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