twenty in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 二十 with this easy mnemonic:

Two (二) lots of tens (十) make twenty! Jo felt embarrassed when at his twentieth birthday party his parents made a presentation about his first 10 years and his friends made another one from 10 years old onwards.

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

• 二
• 十

• 三十
• 十字架
• 十二
• 十分
• 二十
• 十足
• 第二

The reading of 二十 is èr shí.

You can remember how to say 二十 with this useful mnemonic:

Jo feels getting older (èr) is a scary thing and shivers (shí) at the thought that he has to become financially independent soon and get a career.

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 twenty 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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