at the minimum in Mandarin

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

I want to see a rise (起) in the number on the weight (码). You have to be at a minimum weight to participate in the wrestling match.

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

• 码
• 起

• 号码
• 看起来
• 了不起
• 一起
• 起诉
• 提起
• 想起
• 起码
• 对不起
• 起来
• 码头
• 密码
• 起飞
• 起床
• 引起

The reading of 起码 is qǐ mǎ.

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

From now on, you can only have cheese (qǐ) and you must (mǎ) have 3000 calories of food a day.

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 at the minimum 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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