bicycle in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 自行车 with this easy mnemonic:

Someday I wish to see a bicycle that is self (自) driven, and is capable (行) of pulling carts (车) with people in them.

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

• 车
• 行
• 自

• 行李
• 自我
• 来自
• 执行
• 亲自
• 车库
• 自然
• 汽车
• 流行
• 游行
• 飞行员
• 马车
• 拖车
• 自信
• 旅行
• 自从

The reading of 自行车 is zì xíng chē.

You can remember how to say 自行车 with this useful mnemonic:

That is a genius (zì) idea! That thing (xíng) could change (chē) the bicycle industry!

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 bicycle 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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