afternoon in Mandarin

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

Every afternoon you'll find a cat napping under (下) the stairs. She stays there from noon (午) till evening.

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

• 午
• 下

• 一下子
• 留下
• 底下
• 地下
• 下午
• 停下
• 上午
• 以下
• 一下
• 下手
• 下面
• 私下
• 放下
• 阁下
• 之下
• 下降

The reading of 下午 is xià wǔ.

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

Don't touch her though, she has sharp (xià) nails and would (wǔ) scratch you if you wake her up from her nap!

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 afternoon 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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