place in Mandarin

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

My kid loves to make up places (所) that don't exist (在).

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

• 所
• 在

• 有所
• 一无所有
• 事务所
• 所谓
• 现在
• 正在
• 处在
• 在场
• 不在乎
• 之所以
• 存在
• 所作所为
• 一无所知
• 自在
• 在乎
• 无所谓

The reading of 所在 is suǒ zài.

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

So (suǒ) one day I told him that there was a land full of instruments, and if you could play the xylophone (zài) you could be king! That's how I tricked him into taking music lessons.

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 place 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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