to recall in Mandarin

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

I have to think (想) really hard to recall the last time I stood up (起) to my boss.

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

• 想
• 起

• 想起
• 想见
• 想念
• 起床
• 起飞
• 妄想
• 回想
• 提起
• 看起来
• 一起
• 起诉
• 梦想
• 想象
• 想法
• 起来
• 想到

The reading of 想起 is xiǎng qǐ.

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

I think (xi) the last time I stood up to my boss, I got really mad and (ǎng) called him a cheat (qǐ) and a thieif. I got fired after that incident.

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 to recall 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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