California in Mandarin

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

The word California in Chinese literally means "add (加) province (州)".

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

• 州
• 加

• 加油
• 州长
• 拉斯维加斯
• 加拿大
• 参加
• 加州
• 更加
• 加上
• 加速
• 芝加哥
• 增加
• 加入
• 德州

The reading of 加州 is jiā zhōu.

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

Do you think someone really bad at geography (jiā) came up with this name because he thought California was a separate state, even though (zhōu) it's been there all along?

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 California 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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