mèng = m + (e)ng4
first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers
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How to pronounce 孟

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.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

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孟 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
= z + Ø3
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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(noun suffix)
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mǐn = mi + (e)n3
dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108
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mǐn = mi + (e)n3
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108
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Characters with 孟 as component

měng = m + (e)ng3
ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome
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měng = m + (e)ng3
grasshopper
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měng = m + (e)ng3
meng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan) / variant of 猛[meng3]
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Words with 孟

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Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind

Sentences with 孟

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mèng

first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers

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