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= xi + Ø1
(literary) what? / where? / why?
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How to pronounce 奚

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 1 month ago

奚 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
zhǎo = zh + ao3
"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)
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yāo = y + ao1
youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
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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 奚 as component

= xi + Ø1
(old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1] / to wait / servant / path
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= xi + Ø1
footpath / wait for
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= xi + Ø1
mountain stream / creek
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Words with 奚

to taunt / to ridicule / to jeer at / to treat coldly / to abandon
old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生

Sentences with 奚

奚 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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(literary) what? / where? / why?

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