serious in Mandarin

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

John helped me when my finances were tight (严). It was a grave mistake because he was forging currency and under serious (严) investigation.

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

• 严
• 重

• 重点
• 严格
• 重建
• 重复
• 重新
• 重大
• 重要
• 尊重
• 严重
• 保重
• 体重
• 严肃
• 尊严

The reading of 严重 is yán zhòng.

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

Some fake Japanese yen (yán) were traced back to John (zhòng).

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 serious 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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