unexpectedly in Mandarin

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

My friend unexpectedly resides (居) on the same street as my favourite singer, however (然), I haven't yet spotted my singer when I go visit.

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

• 居
• 然

• 突然
• 自然
• 仍然
• 不然
• 依然
• 偶然
• 虽然
• 竟然
• 要不然
• 当然
• 果然
• 然而
• 既然
• 显然
• 居然
• 邻居

The reading of 居然 is jū rán.

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

The singer is known to dress up as a duke (jū) and years ago ran (rán) for president.

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 unexpectedly 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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