local in Mandarin

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

It is sad that the original (本) occupiers of so many lands (地) lost their lands because the invaders had weapons to threaten them. All politics is local.

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

• 本
• 地

• 地点
• 地位
• 基地
• 营地
• 地铁
• 本事
• 地方
• 原本
• 谢天谢地
• 笔记本
• 地震
• 本地
• 本人
• 样本
• 地下
• 原地

The reading of 本地 is běn dì.

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

Even sadder is that over time the invaders' population grew and the locals had no choice but to live bending (běn) down to the invaders' powers contrary to their dignity (dì).

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 local 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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