= s + Ø4
Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)
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How to pronounce 寺

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
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

寺 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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cùn = cu + (e)n4
a unit of length / inch / thumb
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Characters with 寺 as component

= t + e4
special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
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shì = sh + Ø4
to serve / to attend upon
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dāi = d + ai1
to stay
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Words with 寺

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temple / monastery / shrine
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:座[zuo4]

Sentences with 寺

寺 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

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