apart from in Mandarin

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

According to (以) my mom, punishment means letting all the kids, apart from the naughty ones, play outside (外) in the morning. Little did she know that we used to all hate being outdoors when we were young.

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

• 外
• 以

• 有史以来
• 之外
• 所以
• 以及
• 外星人
• 以前
• 难以置信
• 之所以
• 外遇
• 可以
• 以防万一
• 以为
• 另外
• 以来
• 意外
• 以上

The reading of 以外 is yǐ wài.

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

Imagine (yǐ) disliking the sun, but getting to stay inside because you were naughty. No way (wài) that is punishment!

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 apart from 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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