fool in Mandarin

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

How can you be so stupid (笨) as to not think that an egg (蛋) would explode if you microwave it? Such a fool!

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

• 笨
• 蛋

• 鸡蛋
• 坏蛋
• 滚蛋
• 完蛋
• 蛋糕
• 笨蛋
• 混蛋

The reading of 笨蛋 is bèn dàn.

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

Ben (bèn) told me that that's how hard-boiled eggs are done (dàn)! Is that not true?

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 fool 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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