rather in Mandarin

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

Everyone thinks that he is kind and (而) warm, but rather in actuality, he is (是) quite the short-tempered man.

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

• 而
• 是

• 是不是
• 也就是说
• 于是
• 老是
• 真是
• 总是
• 而言
• 正是
• 而是
• 算是
• 反而
• 还是
• 然而
• 而已
• 或是
• 就是

The reading of 而是 is ér shì.

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

I heard (ér) that his wife ran away because she (shì) was terrified of his temper.

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 rather 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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