deliberately in Mandarin

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

It's almost like my cat deliberately wanted to cause a happening (故) by thinking that playing with my laundry would be a good idea (意).

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

• 故
• 意

• 注意
• 事故
• 无意
• 有意思
• 不好意思
• 意识
• 故意
• 主意
• 意见
• 玩意
• 愿意
• 满意
• 意味着
• 意思
• 有意
• 意志

The reading of 故意 is gù yì.

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

My stockings and clothes were all tangled (gù) up, making it (yì) difficult for the cat to get out.

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 deliberately 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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