关上

to close (a door) in Mandarin

The mandarin vocabulary 关上 can also mean to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)

Mnemomic to remember the meaning

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

Please close the door and shut (关) up (上).

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

关上 is made up of these characters

These characters also appear in these words

Mnemomic to remember the reading

The reading of 关上 is guān shàng.

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

Go on (guān) Sean (shàng), just close the door and leave me alone, please.

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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How long does it take to learn Mandarin?

Learning vocabulary like to close (a door) 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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