ancient in Mandarin

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

I may be ancient (古) and old (老), but I'm still very quick on my feet.

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

• 古
• 老

• 老朋友
• 老鼠
• 老兄
• 老实
• 老爹
• 老板
• 老头
• 古怪
• 老公
• 老大
• 百老汇
• 老天
• 圣诞老人
• 老弟
• 古巴
• 古老

The reading of 古老 is gǔ lǎo.

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

So you better be good (gǔ) because I will chase you down if you do something lousy (lǎo)!

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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