last time in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 上次 with this easy mnemonic:

You're up (上) next (次)! Don't be nervous, remember what happened last time when you got on stage?

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

• 次
• 上

• 上司
• 实际上
• 上次
• 上周
• 地上
• 路上
• 身上
• 事实上
• 上尉
• 上演
• 爱上
• 早上
• 下次
• 再次
• 世上
• 看上去

The reading of 上次 is shàng cì.

You can remember how to say 上次 with this useful mnemonic:

You went up there and sang (shàng) but one of the judges tsk-ed (cì) and you, and you just ran off the stage crying!

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 last time 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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