old friend in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 老朋友 with this easy mnemonic:

I have a log of old (老) friends (朋), but it's hard making new friends (友).

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

• 朋
• 友
• 老

• 女朋友
• 男友
• 友善
• 老天
• 老天爷
• 友谊
• 老师
• 老鼠
• 老头
• 老板
• 老爹
• 友好
• 室友
• 男朋友
• 老人
• 百老汇

The reading of 老朋友 is lǎo péng you.

You can remember how to say 老朋友 with this useful mnemonic:

I have old friends from Laos (lǎo) and Pennsylvania (péng) that I still keep in touch with so you'd (you) think I'm great at making friends, but I'm not.

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 old friend 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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