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You might remember the meaning of the character 只 with this easy mnemonic:

You have a large family. You have eight (八) mouths (口) to feed. "Wow! How do you manage to feed and take care of all your children?" your friend asked. "It's easy. There are only eight of them," you replied.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

You might remember the reading of the character 只 with this useful mnemonic:

Your friends are always jealous (zhǐ) by how you're able to take care of so many children. "What's your secret?" your friends would always ask. "Don't be a jerk and treat them with respect. Also, it's only eight of them. Usually, it's 12 of them, but four of them went camping," you replied.

Using mnemonics to remember how to understand Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 口
• 八

• 只好
• 只不过
• 只能
• 只要
• 只是

Learning character like only and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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