not long (after) in Mandarin

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

No (不), I haven't seen him in a long time (久). He left not long after you did.

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

• 久
• 不

• 不好
• 不赖
• 不安
• 用不着
• 不够
• 不可思议
• 来不及
• 了不起
• 不少
• 说不定
• 是不是
• 不错
• 不得不
• 忍不住
• 何不
• 不准

The reading of 不久 is bù jiǔ.

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

But I booked (bù) us two seats at the juice (jiǔ) bar, why would he leave without telling me?

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 not long (after) 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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