and so on in Mandarin

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

These apples are of (之) different categories (类), the big red ones are called Big Red, the small green ones are called Small Green and so on.

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

• 类
• 之

• 类似
• 之外
• 之中
• 之所以
• 之下
• 之一
• 人类
• 称之为
• 之后
• 总之
• 类型
• 之类
• 之间
• 之前
• 之内

The reading of 之类 is zhī lèi.

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

The (zhī) most expensive apple is 100 dollars per apple, so make sure not to lay (lèi) the apples on top of another.

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 and so on 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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