Chicago, USA in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 芝加哥 with this easy mnemonic:

I'm allergic to 芝 (Zoysia pungens), but people from Chicago always add (加) them to their lawns. My brother (哥) became so allergic to them, he moved out of Chicago!

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

• 芝
• 哥
• 加

• 哥哥
• 参加
• 哥们
• 加州
• 加速
• 哥们儿
• 加拿大
• 增加
• 拉斯维加斯
• 加入
• 墨西哥
• 加上
• 芝加哥
• 更加
• 加油
• 大哥

The reading of 芝加哥 is zhī jiā gē.

You can remember how to say 芝加哥 with this useful mnemonic:

I'm also allergic to cheese (zhī), jam (jiā), and the smell of gas (gē). All this makes it impossible for me to live in Chicago.

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