usual in Mandarin

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

There is someone un-usual searching (寻) our house in the dark. Why do weird things always (常) happen to me?

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

• 寻
• 常

• 经常
• 寻常
• 搜寻
• 正常
• 常常
• 非常
• 寻找
• 寻求
• 平常
• 通常
• 异常

The reading of 寻常 is xún cháng.

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

You were shunned (xún) by the village because of your behavior, and the police feel the need to search your house every once in a while. Maybe you should change (cháng) your behavior.

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 usual 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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