single-handedly in Mandarin

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

A man was alone (独) on a mission to save his island. He single handedly planted a forest and created an ecosystem all by himself (自) over decades.

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

• 独
• 自

• 自愿
• 自己
• 自动
• 孤独
• 自信
• 自我
• 自杀
• 独自
• 独舞
• 来自
• 自行车
• 亲自
• 独立
• 自豪
• 自由
• 自然

The reading of 独自 is dú zì.

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

Something like that sounds undoable (dú) but desires (zì) to do great things make it happen.

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 single-handedly 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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