to come in Mandarin

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

An (一) art student was rushing to finish his work titled Tree (木) when he ran out of brown pencil. He asked his girlfriend who came to visit for her eyebrow (丷) pencil as a quick substitute but she said she didn't have one on her.

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 来 with this useful mnemonic:

The girlfriend lied (lái) because her eyebrow pencil was a top brand so she didn't want to waste it.

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

• 丷
• 木
• 一

• 来得及
• 来不及
• 来电
• 有史以来
• 来临
• 赶来
• 上来
• 用来
• 来着
• 来源
• 慢慢来
• 看起来
• 将来
• 到来
• 接下来
• 醒来

Learning character like to come 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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