if in Mandarin

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

What if what I want (要) for my birthday is not obtainable with money?

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

• 要
• 是

• 正是
• 快要
• 要是
• 但是
• 不要
• 或是
• 要么
• 要不然
• 还是
• 需要
• 于是
• 必要
• 而是
• 算是
• 是否
• 就是

The reading of 要是 is yào shi.

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

I want to be as tall as Yao (yào) Ming for my birthday, but my mom said that she (shi) can't buy that with all the money in the world.

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 if 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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