one of in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 之一 with this easy mnemonic:

Anna was trying to make her friend realise she's dating a fraud who kept asking her for money. "You have got to wake up! You are just one (一) of (之) your boyfriend's ATM!"

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

• 之
• 一

• 一家
• 一无所知
• 一团糟
• 称之为
• 一辈子
• 之中
• 一会
• 一下
• 之所以
• 一半
• 一样
• 一无所有
• 第一
• 一阵
• 一一
• 一点儿

The reading of 之一 is zhī yī.

You can remember how to say 之一 with this useful mnemonic:

However, the friend wouldn't listen and explained he's trying to build his own business. Anna was exasperated, "Geez (zhī), what kind of boyfriend only emails (yī) and never calls or meets up?"

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 one of 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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