Pick the mnemonic story that sticks best for you by clicking its ☆ — there's no wrong choice, and you'll be able to write your own soon. Then press Continue.
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.
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.
Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.
(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
The excavator is a heavy-duty hydraulic excavator with a weathered yellow paint finish, featuring visible scuffs and minor rust spots. The machine has a rotatable cab with tinted glass windows and a black protective metal grid over the roof. It is equipped with thick, muddy black rubber tracks and a reinforced triple-jointed hydraulic boom arm. The large toothed steel digging bucket is dark charcoal grey with polished silver edges from use. Dual hydraulic cylinders are visible along the arm, and a small red fire extinguisher is mounted to the exterior of the cab.
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