quite a while in Mandarin

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

Good (好), this should last quite a while. I need my supply to last for a long time (久).

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

• 久
• 好

• 好运
• 好好
• 爱好
• 好几
• 好事
• 友好
• 多久
• 好处
• 好笑
• 好像
• 最好
• 好听
• 好看
• 幸好
• 正好
• 不久

The reading of 好久 is hǎo jiǔ.

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

How (hǎo) would you (jiǔ) survive the whole winter with just these two buckets of rice?

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 quite a while 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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