怯

怯

🔊 qiè = qi + e4

timid / cowardly / rustic / Taiwan pr. [que4]

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How to pronounce 怯

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.

qiè

= qi initial

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

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+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

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怯 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.

• 怯
  • 去
    • 厶
    • 土
      • 十
        • 一
        • 丨
      • 一
  • 忄

Component Translations

去

🔊 qù = qu + Ø4

to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

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忄

🔊 xīn = xi + (e)n1

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

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