difference in Mandarin

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

When my twin brother and I were little, there was no (不) way to figure out which one of us was which since we looked exactly the same (同). One had to pay close attention to what we wore to figure out that our necklaces were different.

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

• 同
• 不

• 不会
• 绝不
• 不惜
• 用不着
• 对不起
• 共同
• 不错
• 不要
• 不对
• 同意
• 了不起
• 不利
• 合同
• 可不
• 与众不同
• 是不是

The reading of 不同 is bù tóng.

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

Eventually, my brother (bù) and I had different interests but we still liked the same hairstyles so it still took (t) new friends a long (óng) time to tell us apart.

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

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