gasoline in Mandarin

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

How do you think gasoline is made? By mixing steam (汽) and oil (油)?

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

• 汽
• 油

• 汽车
• 加油
• 石油
• 奶油
• 汽油

The reading of 汽油 is qì yóu.

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

I'm not sure, I always thought gasoline was made with cheese (qì), but you (yóu) know? I think I may be wrong!

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 gasoline 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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