golf (loanword) in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 高尔夫 with this easy mnemonic:

He's really tall (高), so (尔) he's great at golf and is also an excellent porter (夫).

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

• 夫
• 尔
• 高

• 高速
• 最高
• 功夫
• 丹尼尔
• 丈夫
• 查尔斯
• 福尔摩斯
• 高中
• 高手
• 史蒂夫
• 卡尔
• 迈克尔
• 高度
• 提高
• 杰夫
• 高尔夫

The reading of 高尔夫 is gāo ěr fū.

You can remember how to say 高尔夫 with this useful mnemonic:

I think he sort of looks like Gaudí (gāo), but taller (ěr) and with a full (fū) head of hair.

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 golf (loanword) 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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