a while in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 一阵子 with this easy mnemonic:

For a while, I had one (一) huge wave (阵) of desire for a child (子).

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 阵
• 子
• 一

• 星期一
• 镜子
• 一会
• 兔子
• 村子
• 一点
• 孙子
• 盘子
• 金子
• 一路
• 傻子
• 裤子
• 院子
• 椅子
• 一般
• 男子

The reading of 一阵子 is yī zhèn zi.

You can remember how to say 一阵子 with this useful mnemonic:

It (yī) was so strong for a while that my friend Jennifer (zhèn) lent me her pregnancy jeans (zi) to make me feel like I was pregnant with a big belly too.

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

Learning vocabulary like a while 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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